Policy takeaway: one-size-fits-all aid strategies don’t work. Aid needs to be context-sensitive, especially in fragile settings.
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Why? The effects depend on how aid interacts with local political & social dynamics. Similar patterns seen in Afghanistan.
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🧩 Key findings:
– Health & social protection aid decreases violence
– Infrastructure have no clear effect on violence
– Education & economic projects may even have adverse effects.
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The study analyzes 100+ districts using spatially and sectorally disaggregated data. Methods include coarsened exact matching combined with panel regression & diff-in-diff on buffer zones.
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Redirecting
Can development aid stabilize post-conflict societies?
My article, just out in World Development, explores this question using subnational data from DRC, Uganda & Burundi.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
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Call for Papers: Humanitarian Military Interventions and Peacekeeping Under Fire
Workshop of the project “Effects and modes of effects of humanitarian military interventions”
Is your work related to humanitarian military interventions or peace enforcement? Consider presenting your work in our workshop (15-16 September 2025) in Frankfurt. We have funding to cover travel and accommodation.
www.prif.org/en/about-us/...
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Professor of Political Science, University of Konstanz, Germany. https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/cnc/people/weidmann/
The Journal of Peace Research is an interdisciplinary and international bimonthly journal, covering scholarly work in peace research.
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Conflict Management and Peace Science publishes work focused on the scientific study of conflict and peace. Affiliated with Peace Science Society (International).
Editors: Margherita Belgioioso, @dainachiba.bsky.social, Wakako Maekawa, @mehrl.bsky.social
Professor of Organizational Communication and Development, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Politics & Communication
JProf at @UniMannheim, prev @ox.ac.uk, @statsvitenskap.bsky.social,
@eui-eu.bsky.social, Conflict Dynamics, Humanitarian Affairs, UN Peacekeeping, #firstgen
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Ein Mensch. Ein Wort.
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German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global #SustainableDevelopment.
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Senior researcher, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg
Subjective security, conflict, development / Centrafrique, Lebanon, Somaliland, Haiti
Book: Security Arena in Africa
https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/staff/glawion-dr-tim
Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute, Contributing Author, #NCA6. Sustainability, security, and political economy. Heart masquerading as head since 1977.
You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.
Postdoc @unituebingen.bsky.social | Wo(men) civilians & leaders in civil conflict |ex@ GIGA_Institute|@ unihh| @uniofoxford | @unierfurt| 🇨🇴🇩🇪 julianaortiz.com
WarEffects is an @erc.europa.eu funded research project focusing on the impact of wars and insecurity on social cohesion, gender dynamics, and politics led by @carlokoos.bsky.social.
www.wareffects.eu
PhD-student of International Political Economy, specifically Economic Sanctions.
https://sites.google.com/view/thies-niemeier/
The German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, DEval) evaluates German development cooperation.
PhD Candidate @IPW_HSG @HSGStGallen with an interest in long-term political consequences of armed conflict | lesliefischer.com
Deputy Director @UNUWIDER and Professorial Fellow @IDS_UK (on leave). Views are my own.
https://patriciajustino.net/
Political scientist studying peace, violence, and institutions, currently working on consolidator project "Decades of Peace" @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich.
The AJPS is the official journal of the MPSA, committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. Co-Editors: Adam Berinsky and Dan Reiter.
PhD, Senior Researcher at ETH Zürich, passionate about peace and conflict research and data science.
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
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