The Conflict Research Group (CRG) is a multidisciplinary research unit at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences). It studies the micro-level dynamics of civil conflict and political violence and brings together close to 40 researchers.

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Excellentie, openheid, concrete samenwerking. Het zijn dé succesfactoren van Tech Lane Ghent Science Park. Het doel is helder: tot de absolute Europese top behoren op het vlak van wetenschapsparken. Ambitieus? Ja. Kan het? Andermaal ja.

The EU can only maintain its moral authority if it is willing to take its own values seriously - even when it is uncomfortable. Holding Israel accountable for ongoing human rights violations is not an ideological stance, but a moral and legal necessity.
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We hebben in en rond Gent alles om in Europa tot de absolute top te behoren qua onderzoek en ontwikkeling op het vlak van artificiële intelligentie. Is dit ambitieus? Ja. Is het realistisch? Ja. Zeer zeker is het dat.

Petra De Sutter en Herwig Reynaert zijn de winnaars van de rector- en vicerectorverkiezingen aan de UGent. Ze behaalden een meerderheid in alle kiezersgroepen. https://www.ugent.be/nl/actueel/petra-de-sutter-herwig-reynaert-rectoraal-team.htm

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CRG celebrated its 20 years of existence in 2022. It was founded with the aim of providing grounded analyses of the local dynamics of civil conflicts as they unfold.

Rather than analyzing what explains the beginning of such conflicts and what is needed to prevent them, we look at the larger social dynamics of which they are part. To that end, we conduct long-term field research drawing mostly on qualitative research methods in a variety of locations around the world.

Our Research

Our research is structured around four main clusters: Spaces of conflict: offers a spatial approach to the study of dynamics of violence, war and peace, Contested resources: focuses on the politicization of contested resource access, Armed politics: analyzes the different political actors, processes and outcomes of armed mobilization and Interventions: studies the practice, legitimization, implementation, and consequences of international interventions.

This thematic cluster analyzes the different political actors, processes and outcomes of armed mobilization.

This thematic cluster of CRG Ghent University offers a spatial approach to the study of dynamics of violence, war and peace.

This thematic cluster brings together projects that study the practice, legitimization, implementation, and consequences of international interventions.

This thematic cluster of Ghent University’s Conflict Research Group (CRG) focuses on the politicization of contested resource access.