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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Universiteit Gent in België: 11 faculteiten, meer dan 200 opleidingen en onderzoek in diverse wetenschappelijke disciplines. #UGent #durfdenken https://t.co/LtpmN3UwuV

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rvdwalle Rik Van de Walle @rvdwalle ·
3 Dec

Dinsdag gaat het voor enkele dagen richting Berlijn en Dresden. Dus werd het een lees- en studeerweekend, een weekend van briefings en achtergrondinformatie doornemen. #BELDEU2023 (1/2)

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ugent UGent @ugent ·
1 Dec

Een op de zeven personen met hiv vertelt hun status aan niemand. Zo ook UGent’er Laurence Hendrickx. Ze hield het 15 jaar lang geheim, maar brengt nu haar verhaal samen met @c_ramont in de podcast Positief. @ugent_fge @radio1be

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ugent UGent @ugent ·
28 Nov

Wie wint de #Eosprijs? Twee #UGent-scripties bij de finalisten:
🧠Lore Van Acker over een 'firewall' in je hersenen
💥Mateo Van Damme & Casper Haems over kernfusie
👉 Stem nu!

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rvdwalle Rik Van de Walle @rvdwalle ·
23 Nov

Beleidsbeslissingen moeten worden genomen op basis van de inbreng van en na grondig afwegen door deskundigen. Dit geldt in het bijzonder ten aanzien van complexe en gevoelige vraagstukken. Vandaar dit standpunt mbt het conflict tussen Israël en Hamas:

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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.

Obituary: In Honor of Datu Makapukaw

Mary-Ann Manahan wrote a tribute in memory of her research collaborator Datu Makapukaw who tragically passed away.

by Mary Ann Manahan

New podcast: The humanness of humanity has a history

In the 9th episode of PUAN podcast, co-host Saumya Pandey interviews anthropologist Mark Goodale on the history of human rights.

by Saumya Pandey

New Panel Presentation by Karen Büscher: Peripheral urbanisation and central political stakes

This presentation on 27 November during the conference on Politics and Policies of Africa’s Intermediate Cities organized by IFRI will discuss politics of boomtown urbanisation in Eastern Congo.

by Karen Büscher

New Publication: Ethnic Violence in Sri Lanka: Politics of Sinhala-Tamil Tensions

Co-authored by Amit Ranjan, this chapter looks at claims to genocide in the context of the civil war between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government.

by Roshni Kapur

New Special Issue in Territory, Politics, Governance: Transnational Assemblages and Security Knowledges.

This Special Issue focuses on the notion of transnational security assemblages as central to understanding multiscalar processes of security knowledge production.

by Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta

New media contribution: Climate Change and false hope (Kathmandu Post)

Narrowing climate change to hope leads to the denial of the sickening and sinking emotions that the landscapes are already experiencing.

by Saumya Pandey

New Panel Presentation: Addis Ababa’s Peri-urbanisation

This presentation on 27 October during the conference on Urban Politics in the Global South will discuss peri-urbanisation as a microcosm or contestations over state formation in Ethiopia.

by Ayehu Bacha Teso

New media contribution: Pollution dans le Delta du Niger

Amina Adebisi Odofin discusses the role of women as agent of change in Nigeria

by Amina Adebisi Odofin

New media contribution: Nord-Kivu: regain d’affrontements entre M23 et groupes armés locaux (Radio Okapi)

Christoph Vogel discusses the recent involvement of local armed groups against the M23 on Radio Okapi.

by Christoph Vogel

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.

Armed Politics

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

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Spaces of conflict

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

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Interventions

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

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Contested Resources

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

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