The Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) is pleased to invite you to the following presentation:

ICR Practicum Series: Drivers of conflict and peace

with 2nd year ICR graduate students

Monday, October 29^th, 2012 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 707

CICR’s program entitled Practicum Series: Drivers of Conflict and Peace has been underway since January 2011. The series is designed to increase students’ practical understanding of conflict dynamics and approaches to peace, and to enhance their technical skills in program design and management – with both desk-based research and field-based experience. Partnering with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), each of the four teams conducted an 8-week data collection mission in the countries on which their projects are focused: Republic of Liberia, Haiti, Zambia and Colombia. After a semester-long methods course in which first-year students formulated a working plan and methodology, who carried out the field research in June and July of 2011 during their summer break. The key findings and recommendations of these projects will be presented during the presentation and time will be allocated after each presentation for a Q&A session.  A wine and cheese reception will follow.

The projects:

– Chopping Progress: An Assessment of Liberia’s Forestry Sector and its Impact on State-building by Minhwan An, Hande Apakan, Sue-Ann Foster, Joshua Keller-Fish, and James Meisenheimer

– A Return to El Dorado: The Impact of Foreign Investment in Gold Mining in Colombia by Aly Jiwani, Delaney Simon, Julien Barbey, Pushkar Sharma, Tory Webster

– State Legitimacy in Haiti and its Implications for Governance, Natural Resource Management, and Inclusive Business Development by Kayoko Ajlani Hashimoto, Audrey Hanard, Keenan Mahoney, Valentin Olivry, Seisei Tatebe-Goddu

– So Our Children Will Know: A Report on Challenges in Natural Resource Management in Northwestern Province, Zambia by Tarik Carney, Carlyn Cowen, Jesse Forsythe, Edward Janis, Zhiyao Ma

Co-moderated by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution, and Professor Marc Jacquand

To RSVP and to enquire about further information regarding this presentation, please contact Delaney Simon by sending an email to djs2172@columbia.edu