Insights

  • Sep292026
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    Pause the Recording: Lessons Learned from the XCEPT Interviews in South Sudan

    Anna Sebit describes her experience conducting interviews on behalf of the XCEPT programme in South Sudan. She describes the reality…

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  • Sep172026
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    Tangle of Trauma Webinar Recording

    Recording of the XCEPT team's webinar 'The Tangle of Trauma: How Moral Injury Can Delay Peace in Conflict-Affected States' available…

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  • Sep102026
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    Q&A with Dr Nafees Hamid

    An interview with Dr Nafees Hamid, XCEPT research programme, King's College London

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  • Sep012026
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    More Than a Drink: How Does Alcohol Shape Violence in South Sudan?

    As part of the XCEPT programme research in South Sudan, we conducted surveys and interviews with community members in Kapoeta…

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  • Aug042026

    Six Years On, the Beirut Port Explosion is Still Not Over

    Impunity, collective trauma and the unfinished pursuit of justice in Lebanon: six years on from the Beirut port blast.

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  • Jul282026

    Uncovering the Motivations of Jihadists in a Hostage Crisis

    Dr Rajan Basra is a researcher on the XCEPT programme at King’s College London. His paper with Dr Craig Larkin,…

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  • Mar312026

    One Thousand and One Interviews: Lessons from Qualitative Research in the Middle East

    By Rajan Basra, Fiona McEwen & Tamara Demasi For all the attention on conflict zones, whether through political debate, social…

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  • Mar182026

    Exploring the Role of Identity in Reconciliation and Radicalisation

    By Sarah Carver   The Rwandan Civil War (1990-1994), which was fought between the army and the Rwandan Patriotic Front…

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  • Feb262026

    The Struggle for the City: Urban Recovery and Dispossession in Mosul and Damascus

    By Dr Craig Larkin “A walk through the old city of Mosul, Iraq, reveals an urban landscape still scarred by…

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  • Feb232026

    Jihad, Sects & the City: Interviewing Tripoli’s Ex-IS fighters

    By Dr Craig Larkin We recorded hours of conversations with several former Islamic State (IS) fighters from Lebanon who opened…

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