CSRC Research Highlights online at Id21:

Dennis Rodgers' work on slum wars in Nicaragua.

Jo Beall's work on the changing face of urban terrorism

Sean Fox and Joe Hanlon's study of electoral fraud in Mozambique

Laurie Nathan's work on Local Ownership of Security Sector Reform

Jonathan DiJohn's work on natural resources and civil war

Jo Beall's work on inclusive urban governance in Johannesburg

The Crisis States Research Centre (CSRC) was launched in 2001 and completed its first research cycle in 2005.  The Centre has now entered its second phase of research, running from 2006 to 2010. Our current research programme is based around three interlinked themes. To read more about each theme, click on the relevant link.

 

Development as State-Making

 

Cities and Fragile States

 

Regional and Global Axes of Conflict

 

For an outline of the Phase 2 programme click here.

 

Read the Phase 2 Research Overview paper by CSRC Director James Putzel

 

Click on Phase 1 Research : An Institutional Approach to Studying Crisis and Breakdown, for information about earlier research.

 

Definitions of the terms 'fragile', 'crisis' and 'failed' state, as used by the Crisis States Research Centre.

 

Find out about the key themes that emerged from Phase 1

 

Read our Phase 1 Final Report