Events
Alongside the workshops and conferences relating to its formal research projects, the Conflict, Security & Development Research Group also organises regular presentations and discussion meetings where staff and students working broadly within the area of conflict, security and development can meet, exchange ideas and present their research findings. Through this forum, research students are able to interact more regularly and receive feedback and comments from fellow researchers and members of the department. The meetings of the group have also provided a forum for outside speakers to present on topics that fall broadly within the field of conflict, security and development. For current events listings, please go the
War Studies Events page
2011 events
Economics and Security - a conversation with World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick
Economics and Security - a conversation with World Bank President Robert B. ZoellickThe Department of War Studies, hosted a conversation with the President of the World Bank, Mr Robert Zoellick on 10 November. Mr Zoellick discussed the connections between the global financial crisis and its intrinsic links to economy and security with Professor Mats Berdal, Professor of Conflict, Security and Development in the Department of War Studies. Watch the interview. Read more
Thursday 27 May 17.30-19.00
Peacebuilding, State-building and the Liberal Peace Debate
Professor Chuck T. Call
Venue: K-1.14
Chair: Professor Mats Berdal
Tuesday 16 March 16:00-17:30
India and China: Can Two Tigers Share a Mountain
Dr David Malone, President of IDRC , Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law, Senior Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto.
Chair: Professor Mats Berdal
Wednesday 20 January. 16.00
The British in Basra
Speaker: Colonel Richard Iron CMG OBE, Chief Mentor to General Mohan al-Furayji, Basra Operations Commander, December 2007 - November 2008.
Chair: Professor Mats Berdal
2009
Tuesday 15 December 2009, 16.00
"Protracted State Failure and the Somalia Crisis"
Speaker: Professor Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College, NC
Chair: Professor Mats Berdal
11 November 2009, 18.00, King's College London
Building Peace After War
Prof. Mats Berdal presented his new Adelphi Book, Building Peace After War.
Thursday 23rd - Friday 24th April 2009.
Militancy and Violence in West Africa:
Tracing Antecedents, Monitoring trends, Identifying Actors, Anticipating Possibilities and Analysing existing preventive mechanisms
Sponsored by: The Swedish Defence College, King’s College London International Peace and Security and Conflict Security and Development Groups part of the New Security Challenges: “Radicalisation” and Violence Programme
2007
21 November 2007
"The Political Reintegration of Armed Groups following Conflict"
London Workshop
Organised by the Conflict Security & Development Research Programme, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Authors workshop, 20 April 2007, King’s College London
Ambiguous Agreements: Aid in negotiating processes
To discuss the key themes emerging from research into aid and aid policy in conflict. The research focuses on the processes of negotiation, settlement and implementation of agreements between aid providers (donors and NGOs) and political or military parties in countries in which there is, or has recently been, open fighting. What part does aid play in the agreements made? What impact do these agreements have on the operating conditions for aid organisations and on the political dynamics in-country?
2005
14-15 November 2005
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The Political Reintegration of Armed Groups following Conflict"
London Workshop
Organised by the Conflict Security & Development Research Programme, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
3 November 2005
Women, Peace and Security Workshop
Organised by the Conflict Security & Development Research Programme, in collaboration with Akina Mama wa Afrika and supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
26 April 2005
"Real Time Crises: New Real Time Tensions".
Nik Gowing
Since February 1996 Nik Gowing has been a main programme anchor for the BBC's 24-hour international TV news and information channel BBC World, produced by BBC News. The channel's global audience is more than 267 million in 200 countries.
4 March 2005
"Business in risky environments: the Shell experience with managing risk and security in developing countries",
Mattia Romani, Global Business Environment Team, Shell
James Husemeyer, Global Security Team, Shell
2003
17-18 November 2003
“The Linkages between Security and Development in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict”
Geneva Workshop Agenda
Organised jointly by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), King’s College London and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation