AGENDA — 8th Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference

5th - 7th of November 2021, VIRTUAL conference​

Friday - November 5th, 2021

(UTC)‎ London time


11:45AM - 11:55AM Welcome by Tomorrow People Organization


12:00PM - 12:35PM KEYNOTE

Crisis Making and Making Sense of Crisis in the Time of Pandemic

Prof. Vaughn M. John - University of KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]


12:45PM - 1:10PM

Mahri Peacekeeping

Dr. Susan Crosbie - Susan E Crosbie Consulting, LLC [Oman]


1:15PM - 1:25PM

Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in the Digital Era: The Unexpected Tool for Peace Building - How 21st Century Fluencies Can Shape a Sustainable Global Security?

Nezha El Massoudi - Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies [France]


1:30PM - 1:50PM

Water and Transboundry Conflict Resolution in South Asia: A Case Study of Bangladesh

Anjali Yogi - Jawahar Lal Nehru University [India]


1:50PM - 3:00PM Lunch break


3:00PM - 3:20PM

Exapandables? Environmental Authoritarianism and Indigenous Communities

Dr. Dhirendra Nalbo - Open Institute for Social Science [Nepal]


3:25PM - 3:50PM

Toward a New Model of Arms Control: A Blueprint for Regulating Software-Based Weaponry

Haig Hovaness - Green Party of the U.S. Peace Action Committee [USA]

Ryan R. Swan, J.D., M.Phil. - University of Bonn [Germany]


3:55PM - 4:15PM

Conflict Sensitive Evaluation: Methods and Approaches

Sarah Bolger - IOD PARC [UK]


4:20PM - 4:40PM

Rethinking Security: An analytical study to explore the correlation between Military Expenditure and Human Security in arms importing (developing) states

Anant Saria - Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security and Governance / Youth for TPNW [India]


4:45PM - 4:55PM

Between Peace and Conflict: A Game Theoretic Model for Israel-Hamas Communications Over Gaza Strip

Abdullah Hamida - Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications [Palestine]

Saturday - November 6th, 2021

(UTC)‎ London time


12:00PM - 12:35PM

Conciliation: Culture Making Byproduct: Life Long Learning - Tangible/Intangible Skills Training - Mutual Care Understanding

Prof. Slobodan Dan Paich - Artship Foundation [USA]


12:45PM - 1:05PM

​Encircling Peace through Khaita - Joyful Dances

Mag. BA BA Eva Leick - University of Salzburg [Austria]


1:15PM - 1:35PM

Conflict Resolution in Culture Wars: Some Historical Lessons

Marko Čajković - Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade [Serbia]


1:45PM - 2:05PM

Multilevel interventions for the social inclusion of disadvantaged populations

Dr. Ghazala Mir - University of Leeds [UK]


2:05PM - 3:00PM Lunch break


3:00PM - 3:20PM

Reflections on Preliminary Fieldwork: The Militarisation of Public Space in Srinagar and its Impact on Rhythms of Everyday Life

Arshita Nandan - University of Kent [UK]


3:30PM - 3:50PM

Making the Soft Power Hard: Nepal’s Internal Ability in Safeguarding National Interest

Pitambar Bhandari - Tribhuvan University [Nepal]


3:55PM - 4:15PM

Game Theory and Dealing with Water Conflicts

Seyede Simin Mirhashemi Dehkordi - Tarbiat Modares University [Iran]


4:20PM - 4:40PM

Confronting Extended Bullying: A Spectacle of Violence in the Digital Age

Suhana Jacobs - University of KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]


4:45PM - 5:00PM

Theory of Institutional Peace and Peacebuilding in Transboundary River Basins

Reihane Nofeli - Tarbiat Modares University [Iran]

Sunday - November 7th, 2021

(UTC)‎ London time


12:00PM - 12:20PM

Tending to the Devastating Wounds of Nigerian Girls and Women

Safiya Ibn Garba DTRF - Generations For Peace [Jordan]


12:25PM - 12:45PM

A Decolonial Exploration of a Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum: Towards Epistemic Justice

​Josephine Yandwa Towani - University of KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]


12:55PM - 1:15PM

UNAMID: A Path Towards Hybrid Peacekeeping?

Francisco Bernardo Bouzada Capinha Thó Monteiro - ICPOL/ISCPSI [Portugal]


1:20PM - 1:40PM

Study on the Situation Between France and the South China Sea from the Perspective of Balance of Power Theory

Zhenyi Chen - University of Nottingham, Ningbo [People's Republic of China]


1:30PM - 2:30PM Lunch break


2:30PM - 3:15PM WORKSHOP

„What I really want...“ - the yearning behind conflicts

Christina Wessendorf - Leben in Fülle / روح فرحانة [Germany]


3:35PM - 3:55PM

Human Rights and European Ontological Security:  The “Crisis” That the Refugees Gave Rise To

Tolga Karakoç - Humboldt Universität zu Berlin [Germany]


4:05PM - 4:25PM

The American Perception of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

Israa Daas - University of Missouri-Kansas City [Palestine]


4:30PM - 4:40PM

Improving social capital, a solution to manage water conflicts

Behavar Deylami - Tarbiat Modares University [Iran]


4:45PM PCRC2021 Farewell