85 results in Meetings & Events

1.Governance-In-Conflict Network Annual Meeting

Date

December 6^th–7^th 2018

Location

Ghent University

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

2.A Central Africa Policy Forum Discussion Looking Ahead at Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Date

November 29^th 2018, 11:00am – 12:30pm

Location

Security Council Report

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

3.Global Governance and Local Peace: Accountability and Performance in International Peacebuilding

Date

October 11^th 2018, 2:30pm – 4:00pm

Location

Security Council Report

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

4.Congolese Research Network on Peace and Security (ResCongo) – Annual Conference 2018

ResCongo held its first annual conference from 27 - 28 September, in collaboration with Understanding Violent Conflict (UVC) program at the SSRC, the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP-Bukavu) and the Conflict Research Group (CRG) at Ghent University at the Centre Cultural Boboto in Kinshasa. UVC Director Dr. Tatiana Carayannis and Program Manager Aaron Pangburn were invited to attend as members of the advisory committee. ResCongo was created in October 2016, and is coordinated by Professor Jose Bazonzi (UNIKIN) and Professor Godefroid Muzalia Kihangu (ISP-Bukavu).

Date

September 27^th–28^th 2018

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

5.Asia-Africa Conference

Date

September 20^th–22^nd 2018

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

6.King's College, African Leadership Centre Fellows

Date

July 30^th 2018, 7:00am

Location

Social Science Research Council, New York

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

7.Fieldwork Trip to the DRC (July 2018)

Date

July 10^th–23^rd 2018

Location

Democratic Republic of Congo

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

8.Conflict Research Programme, Annual Meeting

Date

June 26^th–29^th 2018

Location

London School of Economics and Political Science

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

9.Preparatory Workshop, Conflict Research Fellowship (London)

Date

June 25^th–26^th 2018

Location

London School of Economics and Political Science

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

10.Electoral Process in the DRC (CAPF)

Date

June 8^th 2018, 8:00am – 9:00am

Location

Security Council Report, New York

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

11.Beijing Rising Powers and Sustaining Peace Workshop

Date

May 9^th–10^th 2018

Location

United Nations Association of China

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

12.The Changing Landscape of Armed Groups: Doing Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Differently

Date

May 1^st 2018, 9:00am

Location

UN Secretariat

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

13.New Frontiers of Peacekeeping (Yale University)

Date

April 27^th–28^th 2018

Location

Yale University

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

14.Pathways for Peace: Mapping Out a New Research Agenda

Date

April 16^th–17^th 2018

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

15.What Works in UN Conflict Prevention? A Retreat

Date

April 13^th–14^th 2018

Location

Greentree Estate

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

16.International Studies Association Conference 2018, San Francisco

On 5 April 2018, UVC Director, Dr. Tatiana Carayannis, spoke on a panel at the International Studies Association (ISA) Conference in San Francisco, California on the effective approaches for academic engagement with think tanks and policy makers. Under the theme "Power of Rules and Rule of Power" this round-table facilitated a discussion for those interested in and concerned with the policy impact of their academic research. On the following day, she also presented her newest paper "Prevention: The Challenge of Theory and Practice" with co-author, Sabrina Stein of the Conflict Peace and Prevention Forum, during the ISA's themed workshops on Conflict Prevention in the 21st Century.

Date

April 5^th–6^th 2018

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

17.The Situation in the DRC (with Sylvain Saluseke, LUCHA)

On 16 March 2018, the Understanding Violent Conflict (UVC) program organized a Central Africa Policy Forum on current developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with featured speaker Sylvain Saluseke of the Congolese pro-democracy youth activist group, LUCHA. The meeting, held at the Security Council Report and in the margins of Security Council debates on the mandate renewal of the UN mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), brought together representatives from UN country missions, the UN Secretariat, NGOs, and researchers. LUCHA or Struggle for Change (Twitter: @luchaRDC) is a non-violent, non-partisan citizen's movement formed in 2012 and based in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Neither a classic NGO nor a political party, Lucha has mobilized in innovative ways to ensure young people’s voices are heard in DRC. Sylvain Saluseke, a businessman and activist, was held by Congolese security forces for over a month in 2015 for his work with the movement.

Date

March 16^th 2018, 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

18.UVC Director Tatiana Carayannis, speaks at Global Studies Research Seminar, Ghent University

Date

March 1^st 2018, 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Location

Ghent, Belgium

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

19.Workshop on the 5th Anniversary of the Signing of the Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) for DRC and the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Date

February 26^th–27^th 2018

Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

20.Expert Workshop on Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa

Date

February 18^th–19^th 2018

Location

Beirut, Lebanon

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

21."Towards a New Congo Crisis: A Roundtable Conversation on Security, Electoral Tensions and Political Imaginaries in the DRC": A Talk at NYU, Abu Dhabi Institute

Date

February 12^th 2018, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Location

New York University, Abu Dhabi Institute

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

22.Field Research Trip to the DRC

Date

January 27^th–February 4^th 2018

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

23.Public Authority in the DRC and UN Peace Operations: A Talk at Peking University, Beijing

On Monday, December 18th 2017 UVC Director, Tatiana Carayannis, gave a talk on the nature of public authority in the DRC and UN peace operations to a group of Chinese scholars, researchers, students, and faculty members at Peking University in Beijing (PKU). Hosted by Dr. Liu Haifang, Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of the Centre for African Studies at Peking University's School of International Studies, Carayannis' talk is part of the UVC's work to build and strengthen inter-disciplinary research networks and establish international partnerships that provide mutual benefits while producing high-quality, evidence-based scholarship. The UVC is planning to offer field research methods training workshops for researchers working in insecure, conflict-affected places in the near future.

Date

December 18^th 2017, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Location

Peking University Beijing

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

24.Meeting with Ms. Zhang Dan, VP and Director General of UNA-China

UVC Director, Tatiana Carayannis, meets with Ms. Zhang Dan, Vice-President and Director-General of the United Nations Association China. Dr. Carayannis gifted Ms. Zhang Dan a book on the history of the UNA.

Date

December 15^th 2017, 10:00am – 11:00am

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict

25.NGO Briefing with U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki Haley (New York)

UVC Director Tatiana Carayannis and Program Manager Aaron Pangburn attended an NGO briefing with U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki Haley after her October 2017 trip to Ethiopia, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After some brief introductory remarks from the Ambassador, participants engaged in a Q/A session about U.S. and UN policy moving forward in these three critical Africa states.”.

Date

November 30^th 2017, 11:00am – 8:00am

Location

United Nations Association of the United States of America

Program

Understanding Violent Conflict