08:30

Arrival of Participants

08:45

Introduction

Philip Verwimp (HiCN Co-Director)

09:15

First Keynote Address: Researching Political Violence: Reflecting on the 'War' between Inkatha and the UDF in Natal's Urban Townships, South Africa

Debby Bonnin (Labour Studies and Industrial Organisation, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa)

10:15

Coffee break

10:30

First Session: Household Formation and Composition

Chair: Patricia Justino (HiCN; Institute of Development Studies)

Hiding from Regress, Poverty and Changing Household Composition in Congo-Kinshasa

Tom de Herdt (University of Antwerp)

The Effect of Armed Conflict in Tajikistan on the Marriage Market and Female Reproductive Behavior

Olga Shemyakina (University of Southern California)

Session Discussants

Kati Schindler and Tilman Brück (HiCN; DIW Berlin)

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Second Keynote Address: Coping with Conflict at the Household and Aggregate Level: Open Questions

Stephan Klasen (Development Economics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany)

14:00

Second Session Population Displacement

Chair: Henrik Urdal (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)

Civil Conflict and Displacement, Village-Level Determinants of Forced Migration in Aceh

Mathias Czaika (University of Freiburg)

Identifying Victims from Civil Conflicts: An Evaluation for Forced Displaced Population in Colombia

Andrea Velasquez (University of Los Andes)

Strategic Civilian Displacement by Armed Groups: New Units of Analysis in the Colombian Civil War

Abbey Steele (Yale University)

Session Discussants

Sarah Staveteig (University of California at Berkeley) and
Fabio Sanchez (University of Los Andes)

15:45

Coffee break

16:15

Third Session: Labour and Rebels

Chair: S. Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings

Robert Sauer (University of Southampton; IZA)

Who Joins Ethnic Militias? A Survey of the Oodua People's Congress in South Western Nigeria

Yvan Guichaoua (University of Oxford)

Session Discussant

Christine Binzel (DIW Berlin)

17:30

End of academic activities for the first day

19:00

Workshop Dinner venue TBA

09:00

Forth Session: Agriculture, Cattle and Health in Central-Africa

Chair: Abbey Steele (Yale University)

Maternal Health Care Seeking Behaviour in Rwanda

S. Chandrasekhar (IGIDR)

Agricultural Returns and Conflict: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy Intervention Programme in Rwanda

Florence Kondylis (Columbia University)

Livestock, Crop Choice and Conflict: Evidence from Burundi

Tom Bundervoet (Free University of Brussels)

Poverty, Agriculture and War in Mozambique

Tilman Brück (HiCN; DIW Berlin)

Session Discussants

Mathias Czaika (University of Freiburg) and Philip Verwimp (HiCN)

11:00

Coffee break

11:15

Fifth Session: Conceptual Frameworks and PhD Proposals

Chair: Robert Sauer (University of Southampton)

Conflict and Fragility: Findings from the Literature and a Framework for Analysis at the Micro Level

Christine Binzel (DIW Berlin)

The Impact of Conflict: A Conceptual Framework with Reference to Widow and Refugee Households

Kati Schindler (DIW Berlin)

Reproduction and Ethnic Nationalism in late 20th Century Genocides

Sarah Staveteig (University of California at Berkeley)

Session Discussant

Debby Bonnin (University of Kwazulu Natal)

12:45

Lunch

13:30

Sixth Session: Presentation of New Projects

Chair: Philip Verwimp (HiCN)

Mapping Conflict Motivations

Steven Spittaels and Nick Meynen (International Peace Information Service)

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Set  (5.97 MB)

Christin Omhaug and Henrik Urdal (PRIO)

A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict (MICROCON)

Theresa Jennings (HiCN; IDS)

14:30

Seventh Session: Victims of Violence

Chair: Olga Shemyakina (University of Southern California)

Socio-Economic Characteristics of Mortality in Rwanda

Damien de Walque (The World Bank)

The Long Term Educational Cost of War: Evidence from Landmine Contamination in Cambodia

Ouarada Merrouche (European University Institute)

Session Discussant

Eleonora Nillesen (Wageningen University)

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Closing Session: Summary and Lessons Learned
Chair: Tilman Brück (HiCN; DIW Berlin)

Debby Bonnin (University of Kwazulu Natal)
Debarati Guha-Sapir (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Robert Sauer (University of Southampton; IZA)

17:00

End of Workshop