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Helene Maria Kyed

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Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies, anthropologist. Research on policing, climate change politics and peace & conflict. Myanmar and Mozambique.

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Mozambique i brand: Folket vil af med det 50-årige Frelimo-styre | Globalnyt Helene Maria Kyed er seniorforsker på Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, DIIS Et massivt folkeligt oprør mod det magtfulde Frelimo-styre har sat Moz ...

Folkelige protester over valgsvindel har udviklet sig til en revolution mod Mozambiques enevældige Frelimo-parti. Men oppositionen kæmper uden støtte fra det internationale samfund, der holder sig ude af konflikten. Analyse af @helenekyed.bsky.social @diis.dk globalnyt.dk/mozambique-i...

08.01.2025 09:18 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I am convening this panel on OVERSIGHT, broadly speaking, with Tessa Diphoorn at next year's European Conference on African Studies in Prague. @helenekyed.bsky.social has agreed to be discussant! Read more below and submit your abstract here: guarant.eu/ecasconferen...

11.12.2024 14:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Conflict in Myanmar dramatically increases climate vulnerability, but this is not reflected in international climate financing. MyClimate Researcher Justine Chamber speaks to Irrawaddy: youtu.be/-DDY6MWT2Ac?...

12.12.2024 07:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Climate change adaptation is critical but land rights are forgotten Article finds close connections between adaptation and land rights

Land rights should not be forgotten in #climatechangeadaptation efforts - read this new article by Mikkel Funder at DIIS co-authored with his research partners: www.diis.dk/en/research/....

28.11.2024 11:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Soldier students: Job training gives hope to Myanmar’s military defectors Defectors from Myanmar’s military and police are learning skills that could put them on a new path after years of war.

Police and Soldier defectors from Myanmar receive skills training - part preparing them for a future beyond military dictatorship, which hopefully will come soon: www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

23.11.2024 15:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Climate migration management? Article documents how efforts to adapt in place dominate, but are not enough for best development outcomes

New co-auth. article out! Donors often seek to manage migration out of climate-change areas through adaptation projects, sometimes at the expense of poverty reduction. This is problematic and it doesn't stop migration. Case study on northern Ghana. OA.

www.diis.dk/en/research/...

22.11.2024 14:06 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
COP29 engagements - DanChurchAid Press Releases Thursday 21st November 2024 The COP29 Finance Agreement is Taking Shape: Has Adaptation Been Forgotten? New text emerged early this morning. Viewed through the combined lens of adaptati...

My take of the current draft #COP29 text. We need a much stronger focus on #Adaptation and #LossAndDamage
www.danchurchaid.org/climate/cop2...

21.11.2024 08:31 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Advancing the UNSC climate security agenda

Interested in Climate, Peace and Security - and how to address these linkages? Check out this new DIIS policy brief: www.diis.dk/en/research/...

21.11.2024 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
More effective aid by design: Integrating food, climate and peace

More effective aid by design: Integrating food, climate and peace

To make #aid more effective, it must tackle both the symptoms and root causes of crises. In fragile, conflict-affected areas, combining #FoodSecurity, #climate resilience, and #peacebuilding is essential but often delayed.

Read the new blog by Simone Bunse and Liliana Almeida ➡️ bit.ly/3BasXoi

20.11.2024 14:02 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Starter pack of social scientists working on climate/environment with a focus on justice-driven policy, behavior, & systems change. *Inclusive of early career scholars.* Recommendations welcome @carlietrott.bsky.social

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18.11.2024 16:53 — 👍 658    🔁 139    💬 137    📌 15
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The past, present and future of Peacekeeping | NUPI What can we say about UN Peacekeeping after 75 years of operations? In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, experts give their take on the missions and what their future look like.

Wondering about the future of UN peacekeeping? Listen to this @nupinytt.bsky.social The World Stage Podcast by Marie Furhovden with David Haeri of @unpeacekeeper.bsky.social Tor Henrik Andersen of @norwaymfa.bsky.social & me from #NUPI & @effectivepeaceops.bsky.social
🎤 www.nupi.no/en/news/the-...

21.11.2024 10:04 — 👍 19    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties Landmine use has significantly increased in Myanmar as conflict has spread after the military’s seizure of power in February 2021

🇲🇲 La Birmanie est le pays où les mines font le + de victimes, devant la Syrie et l'Ukraine. Certaines villes comme Demoso, truffées d'explosifs, sont devenues des pièges mortels pour les civils. #WhatshappeninginMyanmar www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

20.11.2024 08:28 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The UN Peace and Security Studies at DIIS The UN Peace and Security Studies are carried out by DIIS for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of these studies is to provide multidisciplinary in-depth knowledge on topics such as peac...

At #DIIS we are doing a lot of interesting research on #UN Peace and Security - with one topic being #Climate-Security. Check out all activities here: www.diis.dk/projekter/th...

19.11.2024 08:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MyCClimate - Myanmar: Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding How is climate change understood and dealt with in contested political contexts with ongoing violent conflict? MyCClimate conducts in-depth, qualitative studies of the linkages between climate change ...

Follow our work here on #Climate Change, politics and violent conflict in #Myanmar - the MyCclimate project: www.diis.dk/projekter/my...

19.11.2024 08:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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COP29 - WWF panel on Climate Change support to violent conflict affected states. Recording now available: youtu.be/U1DSwXx-SXg?...

18.11.2024 19:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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