MICROCON Conference: Policy and Practice in Violence-Affected Contexts: What Can the Latest Conflict Research Teach Us?

30 June - 1 July 2011, Institute of Development Studies, UK

conf_posterThe MICROCON programme held a two-day conference between 30 June - 1 July for approximately 70 participants to debate, learn and share the latest in research, policy and practice concerned with the micro-level analysis of conflict.

In addition to presenting the latest advances in research, the conference focused on six thematic areas in order to explore micro-level conflict in relation to i) empirical advances ii) household strategies for navigating violent conflicts  iii) health outcomes iv) individual perspectives on violent conflict v) poverty, inequality and exclusion and vi) institutions and governance. Delegates were drawn from across the development sector and included academics, field practitioners, policy advisors, aid agencies and multilateral organisations.

The Conference aimed to:

  • Showcase MICROCON findings
  • Establish MICROCON and its researchers as a vital source of reliable and useful information for policymakers
  • Forge lasting links with a range of different policymakers that we can engage with in our future work.

Email info@microconflict.eu for more information.

 

Conference presentations and papers

Session 1
Synthesis and reflections - Patricia Justino

Session 2: Empirical advances
Advances in qualitative and quantitative fieldwork - Anne Hatløy

Advances in data systems and evaluation methods - Tilman Brück

Session 3: Household strategies
Migration and displacement - Roger Zetter
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Livelihoods and coping - Philip Verwimp

Session 4: Health outcomes
An epidemiologist's perspective - Chiara Altare

A development economist's perspective - Philip Verwimp

Session 5: Individual perspectives
Participation in collective violence - Yvan Guichaoua

Gender perspective - Colette Harris
MICROCON RWP41

Session 6: Poverty, inequality and exclusion
Inequality and violent conflict - Frances Stewart
Paper

Welfare, social justice and violent conflict - Julie Litchfield

Session 7: Institutions and governance
Governance with no government - Koen Vlassenroot

The role of civil society - Nathalie Tocci
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Session presenters Roger Zetter and Philip Verwimp with session chair Pauline Rose and discussant Angela-Raven Roberts

 

 

Highlights

Conference Report

Conference Programme

Presentations and papers

Policy briefs based on conference presentations

Big Question for Development: IDS Podcast July 2011
IDS Research Fellow and MICROCON Programme Director, Patricia Justino and Ana Maria Ibañez, University of the Andes in Colombia talk about whether the international aid community has failed people affected by conflict and violence.

Read blogs about the event and related topics
Violent Conflict and Incomplete Control
Lawrence Haddad's IDS Development Horizons blog

What can decision makers learn from people living in violent conflict?

MICROCON Blog

Follow the discussion on twitter @MICROCONFLICT

Tweet about the conference outputs using #microconflict

Other security and conflict research at IDS