Conference: Travelling Comparison Approach – launching a new framework for research, policy and practice for peace and security (IFG 13 Conference)

Abstract:

Scholars from across Africa and Europe are coming together at the University of Ghana on 3 December 2025 to establish a new way of doing and thinking comparison in peace and conflict studies. We discuss two key innovations: First, valuing decolonial practices through the centering of African voices in practice, methods and theory. Second, rather than comparing countries competitively we strive to put cases into dialogue with one another by valuing the “journey” of researchers and peacebuilders that travel from one conflict context to the next. Please join us for this one day of interactive reflection with scholars from a range of countries, including from Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Germany, Uganda, and South Sudan. Let us frame new ways for comparative research and find better ways of building peace.

Organizers: Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on ‘The Global School – Globally Comparative Peace and Security Studies (GCPSS)’ (IFG 13)

This conference is open to the public.

For virtual participation via Zoom, please use the following link:

https://uni-freiburg.zoom-x.de/j/65010213993?pwd=LxhQQQ4HYodXYfVbBqvLPV5d8Voh4a.1

Meeting-ID: 650 1021 3993
Code: 1uDnSTd7i

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