1st Social Conflict and Political Economy (SCoPE)
Workshop
University of Sydney, 15 March 2024
Programme
- 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM: Morning Tea
- 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM: Opening remarks
MORNING SESSION
- 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM: Tobias Ide (Murdoch University): “Disasters,
Armed Conflict Risks, and Rebel Governance”
- 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM: Eik Swee (University of Melbourne): “Political
Goddess? The Electoral Impact of Religious Grassroots Organizations in
Taiwan”
- 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION
- 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Emilio Depetris-Chauvin (PUC–Chile): “(De facto)
Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa”
- 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM: Haikun Zhan (University of Auckland): “Hidden
Costs of War: Evidence from Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency”
- 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Afternoon Tea
- 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM: Ashani Amarasinghe (University of Sydney): “(How)
Do Natural Resources Drive International Relations?”
- 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM: Sascha Nanlohy (Institute for Economics &
Peace): “Mapping Drivers of Violent Extremism and Conflict in the
Central Sahel”
Organizers
David Ubilava, Ashani Amarasinghe, Justin Hastings, and Andrey
Vasnev
Acknowledgement
The workshop organizers gratefully acknowledge support from the
School of Economics at the University of Sydney and the Australian
Research Council.