Britta Sjöstedt
Universitetslektor
Nature of Peace: An Interdisciplinary Enquiry into Research at the Intersection of Nature, Peace and Post-Conflict
Författare
Summary, in English
The nexus between the environment, natural resources and (armed) violence has been researched since the end of the nineties, however major theoretical and empirical gaps still exists in research on the precise role of nature or the natural environment during post-conflict and/or peacebuilding, particularly in relation to those countries that have undergone internal armed conflict.This paper presents a state of the art in research conducted at the intersection of nature, peace and post-conflict. It is based on a systematic research review of more than a hundred articles published in English on conceptual and theoretical questions and case studies from all over the world.The aim here is to contribute to enhance the knowledge we have about the relevance of nature or natural environment in peace and post-conflict studies. We seek to do so by trying to answer the following questions:a. What are the main theoretical and empirical gaps in current research in the intersection of peace, post-conflict and nature?b. Is it necessary to develop alternative notions of nature and / or peace in order to expand the academic research field and the political possibilities of peace?
The study presented here is the result of the interdisciplinary research project “The Nature of Peace: exploring links between the natural environment and peace in post-conflict societies”, supported by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden, between September 2017 and April 2018.
The study presented here is the result of the interdisciplinary research project “The Nature of Peace: exploring links between the natural environment and peace in post-conflict societies”, supported by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden, between September 2017 and April 2018.
Avdelning/ar
- Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt
- LUCSUS
- MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
- Centrum för Mellanösternstudier (CMES)
- Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
- Centrum för geografiska informationssystem (GIS-centrum)
- Juridiska institutionen
- Miljörätt
- Folkrätt
- Rättssociologiska institutionen
- Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Publiceringsår
2019
Språk
Engelska
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag: abstract
Ämne
- Law
Nyckelord
- Environmental peace-building
- environmental conflict
- environmental governance
- Human Rights
- Mänskliga rättigheter
Conference name
First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Conference date
2019-10-23 - 2019-10-25
Conference place
Irvine, United States
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- The Nature of Peace – The dynamics between post-conflict peacebuilding and environmental protection
Forskningsgrupp
- Environmental Law
- Public International Law