The Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) was created in the spring of 2008 as one of the new research entities of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
The CCDP engages in innovative research into the connections between security and development in fragile states, or into situations of violence and insecurity. The research programme focuses on the factors and actors that are implicated in the production and reproduction of violence within and between societies and states, as well as on efforts at the international, state, and local levels to reduce violence and insecurity and enhance development and peacebuilding.
This overarching problematique is reflected in four concrete research streams: a) peacebuilding and reconciliation; b) post-conflict transitions and state-building; c) armed violence and development; and d) multi-stakeholder initiatives and the politics of monitoring and evaluation.
The CCDP also participates in and supports a variety of outreach initiatives, including training modules, lectures and briefings, publications and other activities designed to disseminate the fruits of its research projects to relevant stakeholders beyond the academic community.
Additionnally, a series of Issue Briefs have been released. These papers are part of a multi-year research project on 'Economic Issues and Instruments in Peace Processes' supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
For more information on the publications, click here.
Upcoming Events
The CCDP is pleased to announce the joint organization of a fall course on
On Thrusday, June 24th, Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan(Author, Lecturer and Researcher for International Campaign to Ban Landmines) gave a conference on Landmines in Myanmar-Burma. Read more.
On 11-12 May 2010, the CCDP hosted a workshop in the framework of one of its projects, "States of Fragility: the Consequence of Stabilization for Humanitarian Action". For more information, click here
