The project team will attend the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association on 15-18 March 2023 in Montreal, Canada. We will participate in the following events:
- Pre-ISA workshop "The Local Turn of UN Studies: Global Governance and International Organizations' Country-level Activities"
- Panel "Decision-Making, Resourcing, and Policy Implementation in International Organizations"
- Panel "UN Peacekeeping: Politics, Contributions and Consequences"
21 October 2022
Sarah von Billerbeck, Birte Gippert and Kseniya Oksamytna presented at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) at the Columbia University. The video is available here
New York, US
20 October 2022
Oisín Tansey, Birte Gippert and Kseniya Oksamytna delivered a presentation 'Impact of Peacekeeping on Democracy and Authoritarianism' to the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division of the UN Department of Peace Operations
New York, US
5-7 October 2022
Birte Gippert spoke at a workshop ‘The Role of Coercion in Peacebuilding: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa in an Interregional Perspective’, co-organised by the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
Accra, Ghana
14-15 September 2022
The project team hosted an Expert Roundtable in London with members of the Advisory Board, academic colleagues, and policymakers (the Final Report can be found on the 'Publications' page)
London, United Kingdom
31 March 2021
Oisín Tansey and Sarah von Billerbeck delivered an invited talk to UN officials working in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
Online
13 March 2021
Oisín Tansey and Sarah von Billerbeck participated in an Expert Round Table on Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Online
9-11 October 2019
Sarah von Billerbeck participated in Wilton Park dialogue ‘Improving UN Transitions’
Steyning, United Kingdom
5 June 2019
Oisín Tansey provided oral evidence for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry 'Autocracies and UK Foreign Policy’
London, United Kingdom
16 May 2019
Sarah von Billerbeck delivered an invited talk, ‘Enabling Autocracy? UN Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti’, at the Folke Bernadotte Academy workshop
Stockholm, Sweden
20 June 2022
Oisín Tansey and Kseniya Oksamytna presented 'Authoritarianism and UN Peacekeeping: A Comparison of Enabling in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Cambodia, and Liberia ' at the 21st Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference (NEPS 2022)
London, United Kingdom
15 June 2022
Birte Gippert and Kseniya Oksamytna presented ‘Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies: UN Peacekeeping Operations and Responses to Norm Violations’ at the British International Studies Association Conference (BISA 2022)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
16 May 2022
Sarah von Billerbeck delivered an invited talk ‘Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of UN Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings’ at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Annual Conference ‘The Puzzle of Peace’
Helsinki, Finland
1 April 2022
Sarah von Billerbeck and Kseniya Oksamytna presented ‘Resolving the Peacekeeping Dilemma: How UN Peacekeepers Respond to Host State Democratic Norm Violations’ at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA 2022)
Nashville, United States
3 October 2021
Oisín Tansey and Kseniya Oksamytna presented ‘Resolving the Peacekeeping Dilemma: How UN Peacekeepers Respond to Host State Democratic Norm Violations’ at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA 2021)
Online
9 September 2021
Kseniya Oksamytna presented ‘Resolving the Peacekeeping Dilemma: How UN Peacekeepers Respond to Host State Democratic Norm Violations’ at the Annual Conference of the Conflict Research Society (CRS 2021)
Online
31 August 2021
Kseniya Oksamytna presented ‘Denounce or Downplay? UN Peacekeeping Officials and Responses to Norm Violations’ at the European Consortium for Political Research General Conference (ECPR 2021)
Online
9 April 2021
Sarah von Billerbeck and Oisín Tansey presented ‘A Price Worth Paying? UN Peacekeepers as Enablers of Authoritarianism’ at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA 2021)
Online
18 February 2021
Sarah von Billerbeck joined a scientific research network, ‘External Democracy Promotion’, funded by the German Research Foundation
Online
11 September 2020
Oisín Tansey presented ‘Authoritarianism and UN Peacebuilding’ at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA 2020)
Online
13 June 2019
Oisín Tansey presented ‘Enabling Autocracy? Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti’ at the British International Studies Association Conference (BISA 2019)
London, United Kingdom
29 March 2019
Sarah von Billerbeck and Birte Gippert presented ‘Authoritarianism and UN Peacekeeping: A Comparison of Enabling in DR Congo and Haiti’ at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA 2019)
Toronto, Canada
29 November 2018
Sarah von Billerbeck presented ‘Enabling Autocracy: Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ at the Egmont Institute
Brussels, Belgium
20 September 2017
Sarah von Billerbeck and Oisín Tansey presented ‘Enabling Autocracy: Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ at the workshop ‘After Exit: The Legacies of Peacekeeping’
Oxford, United Kingdom
19 September 2017
Oisín Tansey and Sarah von Billerbeck presented ‘Enabling Autocracy: Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ at the Annual Conference of the Conflict Research Society (CRS 2017)
Oxford, United Kingdom
23 February 2017
Sarah von Billerbeck presented ‘Authoritarianism and UN Peacebuilding’ at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA 2017)
Baltimore, United States