Fieldwork research challenged: constraints, needs and opportunities

Silvia Carenzi 22 May 2019 on Field, researchers at risk, fieldwork, ethnography

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Scholars are increasingly aware that fieldwork research in conflict-prone, politically unstable or authoritarian areas can pose specific risks. To respond, at least in part, to such risks, academic institutions have introduced new regulations and restrictions. While it is imperative that safety and security are taken seriously, it is a fact that emerging

A slap in the face of justice: the ICC and Afghanistan

Huma Saeed 08 May 2019 on Debate, ICC, Afghanistan, Crime, CIA

On 12 April 2019, the Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court rejected the request to open an official investigation on war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan brought forward by the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor led by Fatou Bensouda. After ten years of preliminary investigations, the Office of the »

Under the Rule of LAWS: Artificial Intelligence in Warfare

by Sofia Galeotti

Considered as the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms, lethal autonomous…

Reframing the fight against terrorism: can counter-narratives write a new story?

by Rachele Cecchi and Claudia D'Agostini and Agnese Pacciardi and Martina Turra

With the loss of the last stronghold in Baghouz, ISIS has formally been defeated.…

Banal power for totalitarian systems

by Mario Ragazzi

Hannah Arendt’s famous thesis is as often quoted as misunderstood. While she was…

What comes first, disarmament or peace? Insights from fieldwork in Myanmar

by Francesco Buscemi

As the Myanmar peace process initiated by Thein Sein’s government in 2011 moves…

Societal effects of countering violent extremism and radicalization in Kosovo

by Ervjola Selenica and Agon Demjaha

Countering terrorism and preventing radicalization and violent extremism have taken center stage in donors’…

Death and rescue in the Central Mediterranean: overcoming the limits of private outsourcing

by Mario Ragazzi

The search-and-rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean were overall successful in saving thousands of…

Visual impressions from a field trip to Niger

by Francesco Strazzari and Luca Raineri

In november 2018 Luca Raineri and Francesco Strazzari conducted field research in Niger, spending…

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