Violence – triggers and perspectives

From the domestic to the international, how can we anticipate, mitigate, and come to terms with violence? This episode of CORDIScovery looks at how victims of domestic violence can be better served. We ask what role violence plays in distracting communities from preparing for climate change. And we explore how the perception of historic violence plays into a culture’s notion of ‘self’.

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Insights and ideas

The 24th of March is the United Nations International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, so this episode is considering three aspects of violence.

The IMPRODOVA project has developed tools to help first responders understand how best to meet the needs of victims of domestic violence. Information the project has developed is now being used across the board by the police in France, resulting in more charges being pressed than before. Catharina Vogt, member of the Think Tank ‘Respect Research Group’ at Universität Hamburg, tells us more.

Halvard Buhaug, research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology is interested in the security dimensions of climate change and the geographic aspects of armed conflict. He was involved in the CLIMSEC project.

As the lead writer on one of the chapters of the recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report, Halvard tells us how our understanding of the dynamics between climate change and violence is becoming more nuanced.

Senior lecturer in political theory at the University of Edinburgh, and the co-director of the Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought, Mihaela Mihai’s research focuses on political memory, art and politics, theories of oppression and political emotions. Her GREYZONE project considered how the perception of historic violence plays into cultural identity.

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Keywords

CORDIScovery, CORDIS, IMPRODOVA, CLIMSEC, GREYZONE, climate change, domestic violence, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, political memory