{"id":2035,"date":"2016-09-28T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/hcri\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2021-09-24T16:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T15:23:03","slug":"roisin-read-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.manchester.ac.uk\/hcri\/2016\/09\/28\/roisin-read-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f3is\u00edn Read in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Dr R\u00f3is\u00edn Read<\/a><\/p>\n

I recently had the privilege of going to Melbourne to share some of the research from HCRI\u2019s projects on humanitarian data (funded through the Impact Acceleration Account<\/a>) and the larger ESRC-funded project on peacekeeping data in Darfur<\/a>. In addition to presenting at the \u2018Winning the Peace and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Workshop\u2019 hosted by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (more on this in a minute), the trip also gave me an opportunity to find out more about fascinating research being carried out at other universities in the area (and see some koalas).<\/p>\n

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Keynote koala had surprising opinions on post-conflict reconstruction<\/p><\/div>\n

Of particular note was a Global Frictions seminar (if you are in the area, this series is well worth checking out) hosted by RMIT University\u2019s Centre for Global Research<\/a> on \u2018Doing Statebuilding Better?\u2019<\/a>. The lively debate brought a surprisingly positive spin on the future of statebuilding, especially from Dr. Joanne Wallis<\/a> from ANU, with more cautious optimism coming from the other members of the panel, Dr Lisa Denney<\/a> and Dr. Charles Hunt<\/a>. It was interesting to hear about the research focused on statebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region, which tends to be less studied in the UK and Europe than African or Balkan contexts.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Winning the peace\u2019<\/a> workshop at Deakin, organised by Dr. Anthony Ware<\/a> and Dr. Filip Slaveski<\/a>, sought to create a truly interdisciplinary space to explore questions of post-conflict transformation, bringing together historians, humanitarian, development and international relations scholars with practitioners to discuss themes comparatively across cases, both contemporary and historical. Hearing about Prof. Jonathan Goodhand\u2019s<\/a> current project on Afghanistan exploring the importance of personal narratives from the margins and borderlands for understanding conflict transitions was a particular highlight. For my own research, it was enlightening to hear from historians on the post-Soviet transitions and to identify many commonalties with South Sudan.<\/p>\n

In addition to drinking excellent coffee and seeing adorable antipodean wildlife, the trip also gave me an opportunity to catch up with colleagues from the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership<\/a> to hear about their on-going teaching and research projects and explore opportunities for future collaboration with HCRI. Some really interesting research happening across the city\u2019s many universities definitely makes the LONG flight worth it.<\/p>\n

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