Funded PhD Studentship: The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies
This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affected societies.
Everyday economic spaces and practices give insight into how people in conflict-affected communities adapt to conflict and manage to continue with the necessities of everyday life. The research will consider the following questions that are so far under-researched in peace and conflict studies:
Which everyday economic spaces are constructed in communities affected by violence?
Who partakes in these spaces, and to what use?
In what ways does economic cooperation encourage/drive acts of everyday peace?
How can everyday economic spaces enhance bottom-up peacebuilding in conflict-affected societies?
These questions shift away from the predominance of macro-economic conflict transformation embedded in current peacebuilding paradigms. They focus on the necessity to bring food to the table amid precarious economic and security situations, as a pre-requisite for building peace.
This research will focus on two case studies using multiple methods, enabling comparison between places. The findings will offer insight into how everyday economic spaces and practices help overcome violence and tensions in conflict-affected societies, encourage cooperation in divided communities, and build peace from below.
Eligibility:
UK/International (including EU) graduates with the required entry requirements. Duration:
Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term. Interview date:
Will be confirmed to shortlisted candidates.
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UK/International (including EU) graduates with the required entry requirements. Duration:
Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term. Interview date:
Will be confirmed to shortlisted candidates.
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