We would like to welcome Shpend Kursani who joins our steering committee as Outreach officer! The post responds to the ongoing growth of our network and would lead on outreach strategy and implementation, and we are excited foe the contribution that Shpend will be making to this new position. Shpend Kursani is a Lecturer at the University of Tartu. He defended his … New Member of Our Steering Committee!
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we would like to share with you a reading list on Ukraine, the years preceding the full-fledged war, and the broader implications of Russia’s invasion. By doing so, we hope to contribute to a better understanding of these topics, but also offer a useful research and teaching resource. The … Reading list on Ukraine, and Russia’s Invasion
As our network is expanding both in terms of members and of activities, we are looking to welcome a new Steering Committee Member as Outreach Officer with the following duties: – to lead on outreach strategy and implementation, including organisation of events of the Research Network, such as talks, roundtables, and writing groups; – to maintain the website … Call for nominations for new committee member!
Dear members, We are delighted to be able to announce the co-winners of the first prize for the Best Paper on Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict: ‘De-sovereignisation as an instrument of Russia’s conflict resolution strategy in the context of post-Soviet de facto states. The cases of Transdniestria and the Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples’ Republics’ by Jaroslava Barbieri, Russian and … Best Paper Awards
16 November 2021 – On 3-5 November 2021 a workshop on Secession and (Post-)Liberal International Relations took place. It was organized by one of our members, Lucas Knotter. You can read a brief summary of the workshop below.
07 September 2021 – The Research Network panel at the ECPR General Conference was a great success. The panel brought together cross-regional perspectives on the issues of governance and political violence (mitigation) in the context of intrastate conflicts. It featured five papers by Lesley-Ann Daniels; Elia Bescotti and Cindy Wittke; Doris Wydra; Fabian Shoppner, Vera … …
30 August 2021 – We had a successful first business meeting of the Statehood, Sovereignty, and Conflict Research Network. Thank you everyone for attending! We look forward to continuing to work with you on the planned activities and on building our network.
4 May 2021 – A panel on Intrastate Conflicts, Violence Mitigation and the Problems of Governance submitted by members of our Research Network has been accepted to the ECPR General Conference. For more details, please click here.
18 March 2021 – We are excited to announce that Prof. Nina Caspersen will be the keynote speaker at our upcoming launch. A roundtable will follow Dr. Caspersen’s presentation. Please watch this page for more news on themes and the date and time of the event.
