OxPeace Conference 2024: New Actors and the Changing Field of Peace-making and Peace-building
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The sixteenth annual OxPeace Day-Conference, aimed to survey the current world scene and reflect on new issues and actors in peacemaking and peacebuilding, including the roles of AI, climate change, the private sector, China, Qatar, and grassroots actors.
'OxPeace', the Oxford Network of Peace Studies, is a multidisciplinary network to promote the study of peace, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Oxford University and beyond. Through conferences, seminars and practical training workshops, OxPeace showcases the study of peace across a wide variety of disciplines, networks with practitioners and policy-makers.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Creative Commons | Limits and Alternative Approaches to Peacemaking | The liberal peace is gone and is not coming back. This presentation attempts to sketch some of the new (or perhaps more prominent) actors and approaches that are taking its place. | Roger Mac Ginty | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Navigating Climate and Peace | Conflict prevention is vital in Sudan and the Sahel. Conflict drivers include climate and bad governance. Round Lake Chad, 48% of youths joining Boko Haram sought money and prestige after losing livelihoods as the lake shrinks. | Nisreen Elsaim | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Global Fragmentation and its Impact on Peace Processes | Dr Mateja Peter introduces PeaceRep, a new data collection effort. | Mateja Peter | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | New actors and changes? | Dr Richard Baltrop provides some observations from peace processes in Africa and the Middle East. | Richard Baltrop | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | AI and Peace and Security: the opportunities and challenges | Sam Daws with some observations on the efforts of the UN, regional organisations and national governments to govern and provide ethical frameworks for AI, and what pivotal and innovative technology means for multilateral governance. | Sam Daws | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | The Private Sector and Pathways to Peace-building | The responsibilties of business are shifting on issues such as human rights, labour conditions, climate change, social and economic inclusion and systemic integrity. Dr Isabella Bunn introduces a paper providing an overview of several key initiatives. | Isabella Bunn | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Dealing with Intractable Conflicts by De-escalation and the Initiation of an Incremental Procedural Process | Highly escalated conflicts between groups are characterised by deep animosities and contradicting demands, thus posing enormous challenges for conflict resolution. Daniel Schaefer's proposal envisages an incremental approach. | Daniel Schaefer | 12 Jun 2024 |