Recent publications
Report on mining in Eastern DRC
WP 46.2 Analytical Narrative of Tajikistan
WP 42.2 State penetration in Hazarajat (Afghanistan)
WP 44.2 'Politics and Security in Three Colombian Cities'
'Governing Kabul': A new working paper on urban politics in a post-war capital city by Daniel Esser
WP48.2 - 'Stupid and Expensive? a critique of the costs-of-war literature'
WP47.2- 'The Tormented Triangle: regionalisation of conflict in Sudan, Chad and CAR'
War, State Collapse and Reconstruction:
Phase Two of the Crisis States Programme (2006-2010)
Although the Centre's work will continue to build on the findings from Phase 1, the Programme will now focus in a much more concentrated way on specific themes that are central to our understanding of state crisis, collapse, survival and reconstruction, doing so through a systematic comparative analysis of a number of key countries and cities. In Phase 2 the Centre's work will have a greater focus on sub-Saharan Africa whilst maintaining a comparative perspective with work on Latin America and Asia in order to understand differential outcomes in managing conflict.
Through rigorous comparative analysis of a carefully selected set of states and cities, and through systematic analysis of global and regional axes of conflict, current research seeks to identify the causes and symptoms of state collapse and to provide explanations as to why some fragile states collapse while others do not. By identifying the ways in which war and conflict affect the future possibilities for state building, by distilling the lessons learnt from past experiences of state reconstruction and by analysing the impact of key international interventions, Centre research seeks to build academic knowledge, contribute to the development of theory, and inform current and future policy making.
Our ongoing research is organised around three interrelated components:
Development as State-Making: Collapse, War and Reconstruction
Cities and Fragile States: Conflict, War and Reconstruction
Regional and Global Axes of Conflict
Click on any of the links above to find out more about that component. Below you can access our Phase 2 Research Overview (3 pages) and our more comprehensive Phase 2 Research Framework (30 pages).
Phase 2 Research Overview
Phase 2 Research Framework
To find out about the work we did in Phase 1, click here.
Phase Two of the Crisis States Programme (2006-2010)
Although the Centre's work will continue to build on the findings from Phase 1, the Programme will now focus in a much more concentrated way on specific themes that are central to our understanding of state crisis, collapse, survival and reconstruction, doing so through a systematic comparative analysis of a number of key countries and cities. In Phase 2 the Centre's work will have a greater focus on sub-Saharan Africa whilst maintaining a comparative perspective with work on Latin America and Asia in order to understand differential outcomes in managing conflict.
Through rigorous comparative analysis of a carefully selected set of states and cities, and through systematic analysis of global and regional axes of conflict, current research seeks to identify the causes and symptoms of state collapse and to provide explanations as to why some fragile states collapse while others do not. By identifying the ways in which war and conflict affect the future possibilities for state building, by distilling the lessons learnt from past experiences of state reconstruction and by analysing the impact of key international interventions, Centre research seeks to build academic knowledge, contribute to the development of theory, and inform current and future policy making.
Our ongoing research is organised around three interrelated components:
Development as State-Making: Collapse, War and Reconstruction
Cities and Fragile States: Conflict, War and Reconstruction
Regional and Global Axes of Conflict
Click on any of the links above to find out more about that component. Below you can access our Phase 2 Research Overview (3 pages) and our more comprehensive Phase 2 Research Framework (30 pages).
Phase 2 Research Overview
Phase 2 Research Framework
To find out about the work we did in Phase 1, click here.