Announcing the Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group
Two BISA working groups have merged to form a new group with across a broader set of disciplines.
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Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights
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Welcome to the Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group. The working group provides a space for International Studies researchers to develop their work on the various aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions, and legal, ethical, political and practical challenges associated with human rights and protection in these spaces.
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News and analysis
PKPB Working Group news - Event reviews and member publications
The Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group update on their recent events and publication news.
New edited book published: Multidisciplinary Futures of UN peace operations
A new book that explores evolutions in UN peacekeeping, facilitated by the PKPB Working Group.
Multidisciplinary futures of United Nations peace operations: A two-day hybrid conference
A summary of the recent workshop with a keynote address recording.
Call for papers: Multidisciplinary futures of United Nations peace operations
A call for papers for a two-day Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding conference in February 2023.
Introducing the Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group conveners
This group provides a space for International Studies researchers to develop their work on the vario
Workshop review: the UK and UN peace operations after Brexit
The Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group organised a workshop which examined the United Kingdom’s relationship with United Nations peace operations.
Upcoming events
Book talk: 'Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique: The Importance of Specificity in Peace Treaties'
Dr Miranda Ruwart Melcher will discuss her new book at this virtual event.
Past events
Multilateralism and the New Agenda for Peace
Join the Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group and their speakers online discussing NA4P.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding AGM 2024
The BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group Annual General Meeting.
Book talk - 'Assisting International Justice: Cooperation Between UN Peace Operations and the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo'
Author Dr Tom Buitelaar will present his book.
Book talk - 'Advocacy and Change in International Organisations: Communication, Protection, and Reconstruction in UN Peacekeeping'
Author Dr Kseniya Oksamytna will discuss her prize-winning book.
Multidisciplinary futures of United Nations peace operations: A two-day hybrid conference
A two-day hybrid conference sponsored by the PKPB Working group and the Open University.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding AGM 2022
The BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group Annual General Meeting
The meaning of ‘Stabilization’ in peace operations
Critical perspectives on the definition and meaning of 'stabilization'.
Indiana Jones and the temple of scholarly doom/eternal light: Navigating peace and conflict fieldwork
A discussion of fieldwork methods and practices, exploring issues of race, positionality and more.
‘Peace operations in the global context: national and regional interpretations of intervention’
This two-day conference is the second in a series of events organised by the BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group which explores how peace operations are conceptualised and implemented from 'local', 'national/regional' and 'global' perspectives.
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