Abstract

The session will critically discuss the existence and influence of six overlapping stages that seem to be emerging over the last century so in thinking peace and in peace praxis. It will do so through an ethnographic insight applied to the (slow) building up of conflict management institutions after the event of violence, addressing the components of peace in the twenty first century: emerging architectures, relationality, networks, clusters, sustainability and complexity.

Short bio: Oliver Richmond is Professor in IR, Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is also International Professor, College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea and a Visiting Professor at the University of Tromso. His publications include Peace Formation and Political Order in Conflict Affected Societies (Oxford University Press, 2016), Failed Statebuilding (Yale University Press, 2014. He is editor of the Palgrave book series, Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies, and co-editor of the Journal, Peacebuilding.
 

Activity within the Doctoral Programme in International Politics and Conflict Resolution [see programme of lectures]