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Publication: Bangladesh’s uncertain future

A new political system with old parties, published with Christian Wagner on SWP (in german)

Vacancy: Two sandwich PhD Scholarships

We offer 2 PhD sandwich scholarships in partnership with a university from the Global South.

Publication: The occupied zones in Ukraine in the event of a frozen conflict

Humanitarian no-go area, or unconventional humanitarian space?

Publication: Sand Mining, Non‐Farm Employment and a Local Labour Force in Rural Bangladesh

Published with Magnus Hatlebakk and Mohammad Atique Rahman in the Journal of International Development

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE: ARMED ARCHIVES Studying Archives of non-state Armed Actors: Methodological challenges and new research avenues

If you are interested in contributing to this special issue, please send a 500-word abstract and short bio to Eva Willems (eva.willems@ugent.be) and Bert Suykens (bert.suykens@ugent.be) by December 1st.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT: Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta on “Climate Change is Sexist” Advocacy Event

Women are underrepresented in climate discussions and negotiations, despite being significantly affected by the effects of climate change. Let’s come together to raise awareness and drive change!

EVENT: Negotiating Gender in Fragile and Conflict- Affected Settings

Resilience and Fragility in Action ( REFRACT) project. The café brings together leading experts to explore critical issues at the intersection of gender, security, and peacebuilding in some of the most challenging fragile and conflict-affected regions

Opinion Piece: How the world keeps failing eastern DRC

Old ‘peace-building’ schemes are obsolete in a country that is seeing new and ever-changing political and conflict dynamics.

New Report: Pursuing an integrated approach to TJ and DDR in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The DR Congo has a long history of engagement in both disarmamement, demobilization and reintegrationand ( DDR) and Transitiona Justice (TJ) processes in an effort to resolve the armed conflicts and combat impunity for human rights violations but, until recently, little effort was made to build bridges between both.