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A micro-level analysis of violent conflict

Objective

MICROCON proposes to significantly increase knowledge in the field of conflict analysis in Europe, through the construction of an innovative micro level, interdisciplinary approach. This approach will promote in-depth understanding of individual and group interactions leading to and resulting from violent mass conflicts. The project aims to uncover much-needed fundamentals for better informed domestic, regional and international conflict policy, which places individuals and groups at the centre of their interventions. In order to achieve these aims, MICROCON builds an integrated approach, which will lay the foundations for the development of a new European interdisciplinary research agenda in conflict analysis and policy.
The project entails six specific goals: 1.To create and develop conceptual breakthroughs in the understanding of micro level processes that lead to and result from the full cycle of conflict 2.To compile and collect, and develop methods for the collection of, qualitative and quantitative data on violent conflict at the individual, household and group levels 3.To advance and develop appropriate theoretical and empirical methods for the analysis of violent mass conflict at the micro level 4.To build and disseminate a constructive narrative on micro level conflict processes for the use of European and international policymakers and practitioners, which will influence positively and constructively the design of effective and sustainable policy actions along the full conflict cycle 5.To train and facilitate the mobility of young researchers in Europe, as well as talented researchers in developing countries interested in pursuing advanced studies in Europe in cutting edge theoretical and applied interdisciplinary methods of conflict analysis 6.To manage and support a pan-European team of previously scattered researchers from various social science nackgrounds to form a coherent project on a fundamental area of social science research and policy.

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FP6-2004-CITIZENS-4
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Coordinator

INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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University of Sussex
BRIGHTON - FALMER
United Kingdom

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