Analysis of what new conflicts may arise and where there might be new opportunities to resolve conflict
Background
Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
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Related UKRI funded projects
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The Changing Character of Conflict Platform: Understanding, Tracing and Forecasting Change across Time, Space and Cultures
We will develop the "Changing Character of Conflict (CCC) Platform" that will transform current ways of thinking about conflict in three ways: first, the project will be the first of its kind to produce a compr...
Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project will produce a comprehensive understanding of how conflict changes, trace and visualize dynamic change over time, and provide evidence-based guidance to forecast the directions and pace of change in conflict.
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Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia: Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and Authoritarianism
This project seeks to build a new academic-policy bridging network to promote high quality comparative scholarship and knowledge transfer on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in South and Southeast Asia. We focus on ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on comparative peacebuilding in Asia and does not directly address the analysis of new conflicts and opportunities for conflict resolution.
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Peace Processes in Civil Wars
Finding a peaceful resolution to civil war is a notoriously hard task, as demonstrated by numerous failed attempts in contemporary conflicts in Syria and Yemen. Although the international community often tries to facilit...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on factors influencing peaceful resolution of conflicts, which directly addresses the question of new conflicts and opportunities for conflict resolution.