Deadline- May 15, 2012
How can the terrorism and peace and conflict scholars come together to investigate key epistemological and ontological questions on terrorism and political violence – including root causes, intervention and engagement, how and when negotiations may occur, and how a subsequent political process may emerge which is sufficiently inclusive but also maintains and contributes to acceptable standards and norms (local and international). Eleven years after 9/11, the need for a collaborative, sustained and rigorous analysis of terrorism and Terrorism Studies is more pressing than ever.
The conference aims to highlight and explore the empirical, methodological, ontological and epistemological points of interjection of the two fields by bringing together scholars and researchers of both Terrorism and Peace and Conflict Studies;
The conference aims to highlight and explore the empirical, methodological, ontological and epistemological points of interjection of the two fields by bringing together scholars and researchers of both Terrorism and Peace and Conflict Studies; international and national policy actors; civil society actors that have experienced terrorist and counter-terrorist violence; and PhD students.
The main focus on the following themes:
- Adapting peace/conflict studies frameworks to the study of terrorism
- Epistemological and ontological challenges of studying terrorism from a Peace and Conflict Studies perspective.
- The problem of causation in relation to Terrorism Studies
- Counterterrorism and the limits of self-defence
- Comparative case studies: Building peace after terrorism
- Justice and reconciliation after terrorism
- The role of institutions and organisations in shaping the agenda on terrorism
- The rise of the BRICS: understanding terrorism in a changing international environment
- Critical terrorism studies: Challenging the peace and conflict orthodoxy
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