A number of developments such as the Arab Spring and on-going famines in Somalia and South Sudan have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food insecurity and food-price related grievances as catalysts of conflict. In this lecture Prof Gunnar Sørbø, Senior Researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), will address such linkages, using case material mainly from Sudan and Somalia, with a particular focus on food insecurity as a risk multiplier and the implications for choice of interventions.

The lecture will be streamed here

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This series will look at how our planet’s finite resources and natural systems can drive human conflict, from the basic human need for food and water through to the impact of climate change and competition for valuable mineral resources. It will also look at international co-operation, exploring how we can learn from the natural, sustainable systems of governance that have evolved between humans, other organisms and our environment over millions of years.  

This is the 3rd lecture in the Trinity Term Lecture Series – ‘The Nature of Conflict’