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…
Dr Nils MallockBeyond Recognition: Research Insights to Address Future Challenges in Palestine and Israel
Read moreBy Nils Mallock Amid catastrophic levels of violence, displacement and destruction, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has found itself in a new…
Prof John Bew CMGDon’t Let Britain Decline
Read moreThe Fourth Great Disruption is here In 1940, John Maynard Keynes cut a frustrated figure. It was clear to him…
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…
Dr Jade McGlynnCapturing the Minds: The Role of Child Deportation in Maintaining Russian Authority over Ukraine’s Occupied Territories
Read moreRussia’s systematic deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied territories since 2014 is a central instrument of Russian governance.…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
The Fall of Ayatollah Khamenei
Read moreHe became the gravedigger of the revolution that he helped lead In many respects, the story of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini…
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…
Dr Jade McGlynnRussia’s Empire of Ruins
Read moreFrom blackouts in Kherson to water shortages in Luhansk, Russia’s new imperial domains in Ukraine’s occupied territories are in turmoil.…
