XCEPT ProgrammePause the Recording: Lessons Learned from the XCEPT Interviews in South Sudan
Read moreAnna Sebit describes her experience conducting interviews on behalf of the XCEPT programme in South Sudan. She describes the reality…
XCEPT ProgrammeTangle of Trauma Webinar Recording
Read moreRecording of the XCEPT team's webinar 'The Tangle of Trauma: How Moral Injury Can Delay Peace in Conflict-Affected States' available…
XCEPT ProgrammeMore Than a Drink: How Does Alcohol Shape Violence in South Sudan?
Read moreAs part of the XCEPT programme research in South Sudan, we conducted surveys and interviews with community members in Kapoeta…
XCEPT ProgrammeAdverse Childhood Experiences and Violent Extremism: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Read moreThis scoping review of the literature examines the link between adverse childhood experiences and violent extremism across 23 studies covering…
XCEPT ProgrammeSix Years On, the Beirut Port Explosion is Still Not Over
Read moreImpunity, collective trauma and the unfinished pursuit of justice in Lebanon: six years on from the Beirut port blast.
XCEPT ProgrammePsychological Intergroup Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Why They Matter, What Works, What Doesn’t and How to Deploy Safely
Read moreBy Andrés Casas and Boaz Hameiri Executive Summary We highlight a central paradox: many psychological intergroup interventions in fragile and…
XCEPT ProgrammeExploring the Role of Identity in Reconciliation and Radicalisation
Read moreBy Sarah Carver The Rwandan Civil War (1990-1994), which was fought between the army and the Rwandan Patriotic Front…
XCEPT ProgrammePromoting Reconciliation: Lessons from the Social Psychology of Extremism and Forgiveness
Read moreBy Alexandra Vázquez Botana and Sam Hibbs This Policy Brief highlights policy recommendations to promote reconciliation between antagonistic groups, drawing…
XCEPT ProgrammePsychosocial Antecedents of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Extremism
Read moreBy Alexandra Vázquez Botana This paper examines some of the factors that determine extremism and the willingness to forgive and…
XCEPT ProgrammeThe Struggle for the City: Urban Recovery and Dispossession in Mosul and Damascus
Read moreBy Dr Craig Larkin “A walk through the old city of Mosul, Iraq, reveals an urban landscape still scarred by…
