Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had ...

Civilians’ Survival Strategies amid Institutionalized Insecurity and Violence in the Nuba Mountains

Seduced by security: the politics of (In)security on Lombok, Indonesia Kari Telle Security and dev

(In-)Security in a space of exception: The destruction of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon

This research discusses the relationship between agricultural development and food security, determinants of supply of (production of food) and demand ...

This paper highlights the main findings of a survey carried out amongst low income groups in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi's two major cities. The survey ...

During the Egyptian uprisings against president Mubarak in 2011, people demanded bread, freedom and social justice. Bread is the daily staple for millions of Egyptians, and came to symbolize the demand for a fairer economic system. But does food insecurity necessarily cause social unrest and conflict?

The changing international/external economic environment, which is characterized by rapid globalization, expansion of foreign direct investment (FDI), ...

The project explores the links between religious movements and violence in the context of a weakened state. This post-doc project centers on the faith-based ...

International human rights law promises to protect “everyone.” Yet, there is no country in the world where citizens enjoy the human rights protection promised to them by law. Professor Mark Gibney will speak to the importance of measuring political violence and how it has been carried out.

Cultural and religious resistance against education of girls is widespread in many parts of Afghanistan. How can you run schools for girls in the insecure Kandahar province where education for girls is highly controversial?

Rather than serving as civilian and humanitarian safe havens, refugee camps are notorious for their insecurity. When a violation occurs, to which actors shall responsibility be allocated?

Following rising food prices violent ‘food riots’ took place in about 40 countries around the globe in 2007-2008. These developments have ...

Empirical studies in the migration literature indicate that migration is often welfare improving for the migrant. But it is also possible that youth migrants ...

The Routledge Research Companion to Outsourcing Security offers an overview of the different ways in which states have come to rely on private contractors ...

Many asylum seekers who choose assisted return are from a country destroyed by war and conflict. More than half of those who return to countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq plan to migrate again. Assisted return is a viable type of support to assist with the return, but is not sufficient to prevent large numbers of people once again leaving insecure countries of return. Only minor changes are required, however, to increase the potential for permanent return.

Afghanistan is faced with a number of contextual challenges which are likely to influence implementation of the Afghan National Peace and Development ...

 Lebanon is a deeply-divided country with a troubled civil war history (1975–90). The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is multi-confessional, ...

The evaluation concludes that support to conflict prevention and peacebuilding has only been partially successful. Supporting state building in Southern Sudan requires an inclusive approach.

Food-for-work (FFW) is the most widely used type of public works program in Ethiopia through which a high share of the food aid is distributed. This paper ...