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Conference programme: The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts
Programme for The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts
Note: The times in the programme are Helsinki local time, UCT+3
Programme opens
8:30 Helsinki
6:30 London
11:00 Delhi
1:30 New York
*Speakers with an asterisk will be attending the conference virtually.
Last updated 9 May 2022
Monday 16 May
The times in the programme are Helsinki local time, UCT+3
| TIME | EUROPAEA | plenary hall | NAUTICA | NORDIA | FENNIA II |
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| 08:00-08:30 | Registration | |||
| 08:30-9:00 |
Welcome address Speakers Kunal Sen | Director, UNU-WIDER *Jutta Urpilainen | European Commissioner for International Partnerships Katja Ahlfors | Director, Centre for Peace Mediation, MFA Finland Patricia Justino | Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER |
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| 09:00-10:30 |
Panel discussion | Peacebuilding challenges and policy solutions Moderator: David Malone | Rector, United Nations University Panelists Severine Autesserre | Professor & Chair of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe | African Union and former Vice President of Uganda Janne Taalas | Director, CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation Mirko Manzoni | Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Mozambique |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:00-11:30 |
Fireside chats (in the Network Cafe) Andrea Ruggeri and Lars-Eric Cederman, Professor of International Conflict Research, ETH Zurich | Borders, nationalism and conflict |
Anastasia Shesterinina and Severine Autesserre, Professor & Chair of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University | Bottom-up peacebuilding and the challenges of today's peace industry |
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| 11:30-13:00 |
Parallel 1.1 Sustaining peace and preventing violence Chair: Neha Sanghrajka | Office of the SG Personal Envoy to Mozambique Presenters Pedro Vicente | NOVA Lisbon | Presentation Rob Blair | Brown | Presentation Aysegul Kayaoglu | Istanbul Technical University Thomas Gautier | Kiel | Presentation Discussant *Henk-Jan Brinkman | Chief of Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships, PBSO |
Parallel 1.2
Ethnicity, inequality and inclusion Chair: Lars-Erik Cederman | Professor of International Conflict Research, ETH Zurich Presenters Marijke Verpoorten | Antwerp | Presentation Rinchan Mirza | Kent | Presentation Omar McDoom | LSE | Presentation Tugba Bozcaga | KCL | Presentation Discussant *Arnim Langer | UNESCO Chair in Building Sustainable Peace, KU Leuven |
Parallel 1.3 Aid, democracy and development Chair: Janne Taalas | Director, CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation Presenters Eric Werker | Simon Fraser University | Presentation Anke Hoeffler | University of Konstanz | Presentation Henrik Urdal | PRIO | Presentation Rachel Gisselquist | UNU-WIDER | Presentation Discussant Tuija Brax | Director, Rule of Law Center, University of Helsinki |
Parallel 1.4 Forced migration Joint session with the World Bank Chair: Lucia Hanmer | Lead Economist, World Bank Presenters Isabel Ruiz | Oxford | Presentation Sophie Scharlin-Pettee | Oxford | Presentation *Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich | World Bank Ana María Ibáñez | IDB | Presentation Discussant Sam Gundry | IOM |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 |
Parallel 2.1 Peacebuilding challenges Joint session with UNU-CPR Chair: David Passarelli | Director, UNU-CPR Presenters Sarah von Billerbeck | Co-Director, UN and Global Order Programme, University of Reading | Presentation Andrea Ruggeri | Oxford | Presentation Louise Bosetti | UN Verification Mission in Colombia | Presentation Bethany Ericson | Myanmar Education Consortium Discussant Adam Day | UNU-CPR |
Parallel 2.2 Armed group dynamics Chair: Katja Ahlfors | Director, Centre for Peace Mediation, MFA Finland Presenters *Austin Wright | Chicago Tarila Marclint Ebiede | CORN West Africa | Presentation *Janet I. Lewis | George Washington University Dan Watson | ACLED and Sussex | Presentation Discussant Salvador Forquilha | Director, Institute for Social and Economic Studies, Mozambique |
Parallel 2.3 Protests and social movements Chair: Stefano Costalli | Professor, University of Florence Presenters Francesco Iacoella | UNU-MERIT | Presentation *Alcinda Honwana | UN DESA Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government Daniel Silverman | CMU | Presentation Zachariah Mampilly | CUNY | Presentation Discussant Killian Clarke | Georgetown |
Parallel 2.4 Economic development and recovery Chair: Marcela Melendez | Chief Economist, UNDP LAC Presenters Irma Clots-Figueras | Kent | Presentation Leandro Elia | Marche Polytechnic University | Presentation Guillermo Kreiman | Oxford | Presentation John Hoddinott | Cornell | Presentation Discussant Jesse Wood | WFP |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee and poster session | Organised jointly with CORN West Africa | |||
| 16:00-18:00 |
Panel discussion hosted by the Households in Conflict Network | 20 years of micro-level analysis of violent conflict: what next? Co-chair: Tilman Brück | Director, International Security and Development Center, Berlin Co-chair: Patricia Justino | Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER Panelists Tony Addison | Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen Stathis Kalyvas | Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford Ana María Ibáñez | IDB | Presentation Philip Verwimp | Professor of Development Economics, Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
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| 19:00-20:30 |
Opening dinner at City Hall hosted by City of Helsinki Guides will meet participants at 18.30 in front of the Marina Congress center to walk to venue (1 km) |
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Tuesday 17 May
The times in the programme are Helsinki local time, UCT+3
| TIME | EUROPAEA | plenary hall | NAUTICA | NORDIA | FENNIA II |
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| 9:00-9:30 | Registration | |||
| 09:30-11:00 |
Keynote | Trust as State Capacity by Sir Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics | Presentation Chair: Kunal Sen | Director, UNU-WIDER |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | |||
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Fireside chats (in the Network Cafe) Laura Saavedra-Lux and Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President, ICRC | The role of a neutral humanitarian intermediary - Insights from the International Committee of the Red Cross |
Eva-Maria Egger and Mirko Manzoni, Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Mozambique | Resolving conflict - from mediation to demobilisation, and peace? Insights from Mozambique |
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| 11:30-13:00 |
Parallel 3.1 Policy innovations in peacebuilding Chair: Sam Rizk | Head of Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions, UNDP Presenters Frank Otchere | UNICEF Inocentti Centre | Presentation *Andrew Shaver | UC Merced Cyril Obi | SSRC *Jessica Di Salvatore | Warwick | Presentation Discussant Hanna Tuominen | Helsinki |
Parallel 3.2 Gender dynamics Chair: Päivi Kannisto | Chief, Peace and Security, UN Women Presenters Diana Jimena Arango | World Bank Jocelyn Kelly | Harvard Humanitarian Institute | Presentation Carlo Koos | University of Bergen | Presentation *Augustine Larmin | University of Central Florida Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi | CORN West Africa | Presentation Discussant *Salma Yusuf | Women Mediators across the Commonwealth Network |
Parallel 3.3 Gangs and organised crime Chair: Anke Hoeffler | Professor of Development Research, University of Konstanz Presenters Benjamin Lessing | Chicago | Presentation Santiago Tobon | EAFIT Medellin | Presentation Gianmarco Daniele | University of Milan and Bocconi | Presentation Discussant Andres Villamizar | Government of Colombia |
Parallel 3.4 Postwar armed group relations Chair: Laura Torvinen | Senior Advisor, MFA Finland Presenters *Sarah Z. Daly | Columbia Aila M. Matanock | Berkeley | Presentation Mara Revkin | Georgetown and Duke | Presentation Erica Gaston | UNU-CPR | Presentation Discussant Olli Ruohomäki | FIIA and Senior Advisor, MFA Finland |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 |
Parallel 4.1 Climate change and conflict risk Chair: John Hoddinott | H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy, Cornell Presenters Grazia Pacillo | CGIAR | Presentation Marco Alfano | Strathclyde | Presentation Irmeli Mustalahti | University of Eastern Finland | Presentation Discussant Conrad Schetter | Director, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies |
Parallel 4.2 Civilian agency and resistance Chair: Titta Maja | Director General, Department for Development Policy, MFA Finland Presenters Jana Krause | Oslo | Presentation Michael Weintraub and Abbey Steele | Uniandes / University of Amsterdam | Presentation Corinna Jentzsch | Leiden | Presentation Killian Clarke | Georgetown | Presentation Discussant Elisa Tarnaala | CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation |
Parallel 4.3 Rebel governance Chair: Mika Aaltola | Director, FIIA Presenters Siobhan O'Neil | UNU-CPR Marta Furlan | St Andrews | Presentation Ana Arjona | Northwestern | Presentation Marine Gassier | Sciences Po and World Bank | Presentation Discussant Yvan Guichaoua | Kent BSIS |
Parallel 4.4 Refugee (re)integration Chair: Hélène Djoufelkit | Director, Economic Analysis and Public Policy Unit, AfD Presenters *Christopher Blair | UPenn | Presentation Graeme Blair | UCLA | Presentation Michele Di Maio | Rome | Presentation Jean-Francois Maystadt | UCLouvain and Lancaster | Presentation Discussant *Theresa Beltramo | UNHCR Arzu Kibris | Warwick |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee and poster session | Organised jointly with CORN West Africa | |||
| 16:00-16:15 |
Special remarks from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Chair: David Malone | Rector, United Nations University Remarks by Johanna Sumuvuori | Secretary of State, MFA Finland |
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| 16:15-17:45 |
Panel discussion | Conflict legacies and post-conflict recovery Moderator: Tim Phillips | Journalist Panelists *Edward Miguel | Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley Elina Kalkku | Under-Secretary of State: Development Policy, MFA Finland *Rabab Fatima | Chair, United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Gilles Carbonnier | Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross Adnan Khan | Chief Economist, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office *Soukeyna Kane | Director, Fragility, Conflict and Violence, World Bank |
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| 17:45-18:00 |
Closing remarks Speakers Kunal Sen | Director, UNU-WIDER Patricia Justino | Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER |
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| 18:00-20:00 | Reception | |||