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Grant success for GIC member Roddy Brett!

1 July 2021

Economic and Social Research Council, Research Grant. £924,064 Getting on with it: understanding the Micro-Dynamics of Post-Accord Intergroup Social Relations in Colombia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland. PI: Dr. Roddy Brett Co-I: Professor Roger Mac Ginty

The project will track and analyse the mechanisms and narratives that individuals, groups and communities employ to address and cope with the legacy of political violence and manoeuvre through everyday post-accord life through multi/mixed methods and a comparative ethnographic approach. The project investigates how civilians navigate the everyday complexities of post-accord life, exploring whether and, if so, how local agency plays a role in sustaining or undermining peace when formal interventions fail to reach communities, or, if they do, wield little impact. Theorising the micro-dynamics of post-accord intergroup relations, we develop a robust evidence base to investigate how, if at all, intergroup coexistence and reconciliation matter for sustainable peace.

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