Why are the international community's conflict resolution efforts prone to failure?
Event details
In light of recent conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, alongside other notable conflicts in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem (Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, GMU) asks why international efforts to build peace are so often unable to deliver long-term conflict transformation.
About the speaker
Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem, George Mason University
Alpaslan Özerdem is Dean of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution (formerly known as the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution) and professor of peace and conflict studies. Prior to his appointment as Dean in August 2019, Dr. Özerdem was Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Coventry University in the UK.
Dr. Özerdem specialises in conflict resolution, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. With over 20 years of field research experience in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, El Salvador, Indonesia, Kosovo, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Turkey. Dr. Özerdem has undertaken numerous research projects that were funded by the UK’s Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC); British Academy, US Institute of Peace, and various US and European Union funding schemes.
He holds a PhD, Post-war Recovery Studies, from the University of York.