December 7th 2018

Workshop 'Thinking beyond fragility: new paradigms for governance in conflict’

Programme

9:30

Welcome, coffee and tea

10:00

Opening remarks by Koen Vlassenroot

10:15-11:15

Session 1: Thinking beyond fragility: Policy challenges

Panel:

Koen Van Acoleyen, Co-Chair of The International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) Task Team (OECD) Director a.i. Humanitarian Aid and Transition (DGD)
Thomas Vervisch, Conflict research Group, Ghent University
Tatiana Carayannis, Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum and Understanding Violent Conflict, Social Science Research Council

Moderator: Emmanuel Klimis, Research Centre for Politics (CReSPo) at Université Saint-Louis

11:15-11:35

Open debate

11:35-11:45

Coffee break

11:45-12:40

Session 2: Thinking beyond fragility: public authority as a paradigm for governance in conflict

Panel:

Christian Lund, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Naomi Pendle, JSRP, London School of Economics
Godefroid Muzalia– Institut supérieur pédagogique de Bukavu – Centre d'études sur le tiers monde

Moderator: Koen Vlassenroot, Conflict research Group, Ghent University

12:40-13:00

Open debate

13:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Session 3: Thinking beyond fragility: Violent Democracies as a paradigm for governance in conflict

Panel:

Miguel Paolo Reyes – University of the Philippines – Third World Studies Center
Bert Suykens - Conflict Research Group, Ghent University
Gonzalo Rojas-Ortuste, J. – Universidad Mayor de San Andres – Postgrado en Ciencias del Desarrollo

Moderator: Marlene Schäfers, Middle East and North Africa Research Group, Ghent University

15:00-15:20

Open debate

15:20

Concluding remarks

Location: Nick Ervinck Room, Zebrastraat 32- 9000 Gent, Belgium

For registration and additional information please contact Dorien Vanden Boer at gicnetwerk@ugent.be