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HiCN Working Papers 100-106 have recently been published. These papers are the outcome of a World Bank research project conducted by HiCN Affiliates.

The first edition of the Lisbon Meeting on Institutions and Political Economy was held in Lisbon (8-9 September 2011). Tilman Brück chaired a session on the Micro-Level Analysis of Conflict.

The Global Young Academy is seeking applications for membership from young, independent researchers who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact. More details.

The theme of HiCN's Seventh Annual Workshop was 'Bridging Macro and Micro Approaches on Civil Wars and Political Violence'. It was held at the Institut d'Análisi Económica, Barcelona, on 21-22 November 2011.

The Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict (TAMNEAC) is recruiting a number of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, in several institutes across Europe. You can find more details on the TAMNEAC website.

  

About HiCN

Violent conflicts are a substantial barrier to economic development. Almost one third of the world's population lives in conflict-affected low income countries. Yet little is known about the effects of conflict on household behaviour, household welfare and poverty. The Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) brings together researchers interested in the micro level analysis of the relationship between violent conflict and household welfare.

The purpose of the HiCN is to undertake collaborative research into the causes and effects of violent conflict at the household level. In particular, the researchers affiliated to the Network are committed to:

  • characterise various forms of conflict from a household level perspective;
  • identify channels through which households are affected by conflict-induced shocks;
  • quantify the impact of conflict at the household level, such as the loss of household members, livestock and land;
  • analyse the feedback mechanism from household welfare to violent conflict, such as the effects of inequality and poverty on the incidence of conflict;
  • develop methods best suited to analyse the impact of conflict on household welfare;
  • derive policy recommendations based on research findings for supporting households and communities affected by conflict.

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The HiCN is funded by The Leverhulme Trust and supported by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex, the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin and the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

 

Research highlights...

Download the latest HiCN Research Design Notes:
HiCN RDN13 'Identifying Conflict and its Effects Using Micro-Level Surveys' (Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T.)

HiCN WP114 'War, Health, and Educational Attainment: A Panel of Children during Burundi’s Civil War'
(Bundervoet, T.) examines the impact of war-induced ill early childhood health on educational attainment in early adolescence.

HiCN WP113 'War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War'
(Akresh, R., Bhalotra,S., Leone, M. and Osili, U.) investigate the legacies the 1967-70 Nigerian civil war four decades later, using variation across ethnicity and cohort,

HiCN WP112 'Seeds of Distrust: Conflict in Uganda'
(Rohner. D., Thoenig, M. and Zilibotti, F.) study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade.

HiCN WP111 'From Vice to Virtue? Civil War and Social Capital in Uganda'
(De Luca, G. and Verpoorten, M.) show that armed conflict affects social capital as measured by trust and associational membership.

HiCN WP110 'Learning How (Not) to Fire a Gun: Combatant Training and Civilian Victimization'
(Oppenheim, B.A., Vargas, J.F. and Weintraub, M.) argue that while military training should not decrease the probability that a combatant engages in civilian abuse, political training should.

MICROCON A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict is a 5 year European Commission funded project, which takes a micro level, mulitdisciplinary approach to studying the cycle of conflict.
www.microconflict.eu

  

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