Better together? Assessing cooperation between researchers, policy-makers and practitioners

Elisa Lopez Lucia, Philipp Lottholz on participation, research cooperation, policy-making, action research, Field, Debate

(CC) Pedro Ribeiro Simões

What are the connections between scholarly knowledge production on security on the one hand and security expertise, policy-making and practices on the other? Under what conditions can scholars assume that they can create an impact on ‘real-world practices’ rather than simply engaging in ‘policy-based evidence making’? What are the possibilities and

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Politics, conflict and criminality: firearms proliferation in Ukraine

Francesco Buscemi, Katia Golovko on Field, European Union, Ukraine, arms trafficking, Donbass, SAFTE, small arms, light weapons

In June 2016, Grégoire Moutaux, a French national, was apprehended at one of the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing points while trying to smuggle 5 AK-pattern assault rifles, thousands of bullets, 2 anti-tank launchers, detonators and explosives into Poland. Ukrainian and French authorities later revealed Moutaux was planning to use those weapons during the European football »

Education and language: global and local strategies of Sahelian jihadism


by Katia Golovko
 
Growing insecurity in the Sahel and especially in Central Mali and Northern Burkina Faso…

Barabbas' version: Analysis of a major terror attack in Rome, A.D. 64


by Mario Ragazzi
 
Our correspondent reports from the great city of the Caesars. A few months ago,…

Mutually Constitutive State-building Processes in the Borderlands of Myanmar


by Francesco Buscemi
 
Myanmar arguably hosts one of the largest concentrations of state-repelling ethnic minorities. Nevertheless, with…

The Unbearable Lightness of R2P: The Rohingya Case


by Igor Milić
 
The sterile current debate about the ‘responsibility to protect’ the Rohingya minority highlights one…

Cyber and Human Vulnerabilities: Who Is the Ethical Hacker and Why Should We Care


by Anita Biscaro
 
Cyber and human vulnerabilities are mutually dependent and the so-called ethical hackers seem the…

Researchers at risk in Central Asia (part II)


by Philipp Lottholz
 
Researcher safety in peace, conflict and security studies in Central Asia and beyond: Making…

Researchers at risk in Central Asia (part I)


by Philipp Lottholz
 
Researcher safety in peace, conflict and security studies in Central Asia and beyond: Making…

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