Project description
How regimes rebuild after war
Many countries around the world are adopting authoritarian models of conflict resolution, marked by violence, coercion, and rigid hierarchies. Increasingly, regimes are adopting illiberal peacebuilding strategies to maintain post-war control – an emerging yet under-researched phenomenon. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ILIBRLSYRIA project sheds light on how Syria’s regime governs recaptured territories through tactics such as remobilising former rebels, diverting international aid, and encouraging refugee return. Through fieldwork and interdisciplinary research, the project examines the impact of these practices on communities and post-war stability. ILIBRLSYRIA advances academic knowledge and offers critical insights for policymakers confronting the global spread of illiberal peacebuilding.
Objective
The past two decades have seen a decline in the liberal world order; states increasingly move away from peaceful negotiation, justice, and human rights. Instead, they rely on an emerging model of authoritarian conflict management, which depends on excessive violence, coercive negotiations, and hierarchical structures of power to suppress internal conflicts. However, recognising that state coercion is crucial, yet not sufficient, to construct and sustain a long-term order, scholars have recently begun to examine the illiberal peacebuilding practices employed by authoritarian regimes to construct and consolidate postwar order. This is an emerging area of inquiry in which many authoritarian practices and their impacts on local communities remain understudied in the academic literature. Focusing on Syria, ILIBRLSYRIA combines cutting-edge empirical strategy with interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the processes and impacts of novel illiberal peacebuilding practices deployed by the regime to control space and society in areas recaptured from defeated rebel forces. ILIBRLSYRIA is structured around three in-depth and interrelated studies, each focusing on one illiberal practice identified through extensive field observation. These include the remobilisation of former rebels, the diversion of international aid, and the stimulation of refugee migration. The theoretical and empirical findings will provide original insights into the realities and complexities of authoritarian postwar governance in contexts often viewed through the simplistic lens of military victory by incumbent regimes. ILIBRLSYRIA is highly relevant for policy circles. It will offer evidence-based knowledge and contribute to ongoing debates focused on developing strategies to counteract and mitigate the impacts of illiberal peacebuilding, particularly at a time when such practices are on the rise worldwide.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
You need to log in or register to use this function
Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
-
HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
MAIN PROGRAMME
See all projects funded under this programme
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
See all projects funded under this funding scheme
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01
See all projects funded under this callCoordinator
Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
1100 Wien
Austria
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.