Monday, April 22, 2013

New website: Ex-Combatant Reintegration

Dear friends and followers:

You will notice that I have added a link to the column on the right. Ex-Combatant Reintegration is a webpage dedicated to my research regarding demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration of combatants and former combatants, particularly in the Great Lakes region of Africa. This summer, I will be taking a trip to Uganda to explore what is being done in the North and other areas of the country with regard to ex-combatant reintegration. A preliminary exploration, this trip is intended to serve as a first-step toward conducting in-depth field research in conflict areas in and around the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The website is brand new and will probably not receive any attention until May 15th. However, once it is up and running, you can expect updates and commentary regarding ex-combatant reintegration in Uganda, including personal reflections and experiences.

Please check back for more updates. Illness and the whirlwind of the end of the semester have kept me away, but I will be back with more updates and commentary soon!

Thanks for following!
Jennifer

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Peace and Conflict Organizations and Institutes Database

Considering a career in peace studies or conflict management? Interested in an internship or a postdoc fellowship? Tired of Googling or searching on Idealist for 500 iterations of "peace+conflict+job+career+internship"?

I present to you an excel spreadsheet that currently contains over 90 such organizations. I have included the name of each organization and, as I work on the spreadsheet, the city (or cities) where the organization is located, programs of note, contact information, and a website. Note that not all of the information has been provided for each organization. I will keep working on the spreadsheet and, as I do, this link (which I will place in my "links" section) will be updated.

Peace and Conflict Organizations and Institutes Database

Enjoy!

(Also, if you have any suggestions for organizations that are not found in the database, please contact me or comment below).