Programme Workshops
These events will be held annually, and are intended to bring the MICROCON consortium together for the discussion and refinement of all project research activities and results. Members of our target audiences will be invited to some of these events, to establish links between policy-makers and MICROCON researchers, and to build effective collaborations and research and policy capacity.
MICROCON Policy Workshop: How to improve the relevance of Conflict Research for Policy Making
A MICROCON Policy Workshop was held in Brussels, hosted by the Solvay Business School and the European Commission on 10 November 2011. During this conference the main results of the five-year Microcon Integrated Research Project (EU 6th Framework) were presented and discussed by academics and policymakers.
MICROCON Conference: Policy and Practice in Violence-Affected Contexts: What Can the Latest Conflict Research Teach Us?
The consortium held it Fifth Annual Workshop at the Institute of Development Studies on 30th June and 1st July 2011.
2011 MICROCON Workshop Webpage
Fourth Annual MICROCON Workshop: synthesisof findings and policy impact
The consortium held its Fourth Annual Workshop at the University of Ghent on 14th and 15th June 2010 .
Third Annual MICROCON Workshop: Synthesizing preliminary research findings from the micro-level analysis of violent conflict
The MICROCON consortium at the Third Annual Workshop \
The consortium held its Third Annual Workshop at DIW Berlin on 2nd and 3rd July, 2009. The first day was an internal workshop devoted to discussion of research results to date, and how to integrate findings from the different parts of the programme. The second day focussed on the policy applications of MICROCON's work.
Second Annual MICROCON Workshop
The second MICROCON workshop was held in Kjustendil, Bulgaria, in June 2008, and was hosted by MICROCON partner DVV International. Its purpose was to discuss the preliminary fieldwork results of some of our research projects, and the fieldwork plans of others. It also marked the launch of our Work Packages on Policy Linkages and Synthesis.
2008 MICROCON Workshop Report: Fieldwork Plans and Preliminary Results
Kick-off Workshop
The MICROCON Kick-off Workshop was held at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in March 2007. This included a Public Launch Seminar which involved the participation of policymakers, NGO staff and external academics. Talks were given by Patricia Justino, MICROCON Director; Lawrence Haddad, Director of IDS; Stathis Kalyvas from Yale University and Joan Esteban from the Institut d'Anàlisi Económica in Barcelona.
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