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Past Events

Research Presentation: Conflict-induced urban transformations

“This event will bring together urban planners, policymakers, and practitioners from around the globe to exchange ideas and showcase innovative approaches to urban development.

CRG Book Launches: The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean.

The Natural Border tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farm workers. 

PhD Defence: The logics of camp historicity in Uganda’s Nakivale refugee settlement

Coloniality, Sanctuary, and 'the national order of things'.

Book Launches 12: Farianas’ Post-Armed Struggle Feminist Militancy by Priscyll Anctil Avoine

María Martín de Almagro will join Priscyll Anctil Avoine to discuss the politics and lives of the farianas—the former women guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP

Book Launch: Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions with Mary Ann Manahan

A conversation with editor/author Mary Ann Manahan ( CRG), Tomas Van Acker ( CRG) and Eva Vandenberghe.

Feature:Research on local communities’ resilience when climate change sparks conflict

" International organizations such as the UN, EU, and OECD have highlighted the intensified connection between environmental change and conflict. Rapid environmental changes have severe consequences for countries at war or in post-conflict phases"

EVENT: Conflict Cafe: Shifting Security Landscape in the Sahel

July 3 (Wed) 6PM. (Please click TO REGISTER ) This café will discuss pertinent issues on the shifting security landscapes in the Sahel.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED! Call for participants: Summerschool on fieldwork in violent environments

The submission deadline for the Summer School on Fieldwork in Violent Environments has been extended to June 15. Don't miss this opportunity to apply!

Workshop: The political economy and governance of river sand commodity chains in Ethiopia

The workshop highlighted the governance of river sand commodity chains in Ethiopia to reduce the socio-ecological implications of sand extraction and ensure sustainability.

CRG Book Launch: The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan – Waging War by Law by Adam Baczko

The book explores how the Taliban used the law as a resource in its conflict with militarily and technologically superior Western armies. While the international coalition set up an inadequate and corrupt legal system, the Taliban set up hundreds of courts in the countryside. By insisting on due process, impartiality of judges, and the enforcement of verdicts, this system of justice established itself as one of the few sources of predictability in the daily lives of Afghans.”