Topics and program

We are inviting abstracts for papers in all sessions, including workshops, praxis reports, and short panel sessions. (For general guidelines click here)

Conference topics:

Theme 1: Conflict Analysis: Reflections on Methods and Theories

Session Plenary 1.1 On method

Session 1.1.1: Problems of Description

Session 1.1.2: Problems of empirical research

Session Plenary 1.2 Theories and Models of Conflict Analysis

Session 1.2.1: Modelling conflict dynamics

Session 1.2.2: Ontologies of conflict

Theme 2: Causes and Reasons of Conflict (in cross-cultural perspective)

Session Plenary 2.1 Conflict and Identity

Session 2.1.1. Social (cultural) identity

Session 2.1.2 Gender

Session Plenary 2.2 Conflict and Values

Session 2.2.1 Conflict and Emotion

Session 2.2.2 Conflict and Communication

Theme 3: Conflict Transformation (in cross-cultural perspective)

Session Plenary 3.1. People changing

Session 3.1.1 Personal transformation

Session 3.1.2 Social transformation

Session Plenary 3.2 Changing people

Session 3.2.1 Third party intervention

Session 3.2.2 Conflict and Education

Session 3.2.3 Conflict and Media

Workshops, Praxis Reports, Short Panel Sessions 

Longer Panel Session 1: Conflicts in Denmark

Longer Panel Session 2: The role of the media in conflicts

Theme 4: Conflict and Culture

Session Plenary 4.1 Conflict Cultures

Session 4.1.1 Risk and Security

Session 4.1.2 Cultural practices of peace

Session Plenary 4.2 Solidarity

Session 4.2.1 Responsibility for past and future

Session 4.2.2 Culture and Climate

Theme 5: Conflict and Religion

Session Plenary 5.1 Interreligious dialogue

Session 5.1.1 Religious diversity

Session 5.1.2 Dialogue and certainty

Session Plenary 5.2 Religion, imagination, and conflict transformation

Session 5.2.1 Religious (in)tolerance

Session 5.2.2 Living Spirit

(Cultural Event: Interculturality and Urban Innovation)

(Satellite Event with Desmond Tutu, Sat. August 23)