Pathways to Conflict: The Impact of Climate Change on Violence

On March 27, HFG will host the year’s first Knowledge Against Violence speaker series event: a presentation by Vally Koubi titled “Pathways to Conflict: How Climate Change Fuels Violence” based on her forthcoming HFG Research and Policy in Brief publication. Professor Koubi will answer questions about the conditions under which climate change and insecurity exacerbate violent conflict. Register for the event here.

“Local or Global? The Future of Peacebuilding in Africa”

“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence”

“Sex Work: Does Legitimization Mitigate Violence?”

“Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence after the Pandemic”

“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones”

“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection”

Nicki Kindersley is Lecturer in African History at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.

“Why Have Homicide Rates Gone up Since 2015? A Historical Perspective”: Dr. Randolph Roth

Randolph Roth is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at Ohio State University, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of the book American Homicide.

“Protectors or Predators: Understanding Urban Gang Violence Around the World” Panel

Nicholas Barnes is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, David C. Brotherton is Professor of Sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Adeem Suhail is an assistant professor in social anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College, and Rosette Sifa Vuninga is Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Western Cape’s Centre for the Humanities Research.

“Understanding the Drivers of Violent Extremism in Africa” Panel

Daniel Agbiboa is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Rachel Sweet is Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, at the University of Notre Dame.

“Rising Violent Crime in Mexico” Panel

Angélica Durán-Martínez is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Global Studies PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Guillermo Trejo is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the University of Notre Dame. Javier Osorio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Arizona.

“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman

Dr. Chris Blattman is the author of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and Paths to Peace and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in Harris Public Policy and The Pearson Institute.

“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi

Pete Simi is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of the book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate and  an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University.

“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz

Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut.

“Soldiers in Exile”: Dr. Godfrey Maringira

Godfrey Maringira is author of Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa.

“The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in the US”: Dr. Beth Lew-Williams

Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the U.S., specializing in Asian American history and Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.

“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones

Craig Jones is author of The War Lawyers and a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, and Politics at Newcastle University.