Out now: YOUTH AND SUSTAINABLE PEACEKEEPING ed. Helen Berents, Catherine Bolten, Siobhan McEvoy-Levy How can peacebuilding become sustainable through transforming thinking about youth participation and leadership? £25 paperback: tinyurl.com/4h57t9uu #YouthPeaceandSecurityAgenda

Call for papers now open for next academic year's CAS conference in Edinburgh in April 2025. Theme is ‘Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa.’ Deadline to submit abstracts: 30th August 2024.

New working paper series: "Roadblocks and revenues: The politics of passage" sheds lights on checkpoints in conflict contexts across the world and provides a new window into dynamics of authority and power, from DIIS Denmark, International Centre for Tax and Development & Centre on Armed Groups. diis.dk/en/research/ro…

Our new Visual Politics UQ program is out, coordinated with Emma Hutchison & Bronte Bratton. Please join us to hear from Jordanne Edwards, Michael Richardson, Janjira, David Campbell, Toni Erskine, T.J. Thomson | @[email protected], Dr Federica Caso and Kaya Tatjana Barry. More info here: rolandbleiker.com/visualpolitics

Join MAW for a full day conference on alternatives to war in a time of global crisis.  Join speakers & activists working in areas of conflict that include Colombia, Myanmar & South Caucasus. 📅 14 Sep, 10.30-4pm 📍Sands Film Studio + online sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/66478…

Issue 26 (2) is now out, knitting together themes around space, relationality and post-conflict transition. Check it out here! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We'll also be hosting an informal drinks reception at the sidelines of the The CRS on 4 September, 1930. Generously sponsored by Taylor & Francis (there will be free drinks). CRS attendees: PM us for details!

Today is the start of the 2024 conference, co-hosted w/ PeaceRep ! Looking forward to everyone arriving & the 3 workshops, w/ 45 panels & 165 papers with participants from a record-breaking 137 different institutions! Welcome to #Edinburgh all & this yr's conference #CRS2024

Delighted to be at #CRS2024 today. Lots of learning & insight shared from a range of experts in conflict resolution. A thought provoking keynote speech from Roger Mac Ginty & hearing about the work of @peace_rep_ have been particularly insightful.

So great to chair and speak on a panel (‘The Pursuit of Sovereignty and Armed Conflict’) The CRS Annual Conference The University of Edinburgh.

A great keynote speech from Roger Mac Ginty today for day 2 of #CRS2024! Followed by panels discussing everything from the visual arts for peace, challenges in peacebuilding processes, through to biodiversity and natural resources. And of course the launch of the PA-X Tracker!