Agriculture and food security are globally affected by crises and rural communities are among the worst affected by various forms of conflicts. On the other hand there are agricultural and rural drivers of crisis and conflict (including competition over natural, water, and land resources). This is particularly pertinent in many regions of the developing world such as the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. 

Crisis and conflict affect the human and natural agricultural landscapes and shape social and gender relations. Appropriate strategies to rehabilitate agriculture during and following crisis or conflict are crucial in making livelihoods more resilient and rebuilding societies after periods of crisis and conflict.  

Against this backdrop, the Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po invites to an academic conference on the topic of “Crisis and Conflict in the Agrarian World: An Evolving Dialectic”, in cooperation with the American University of Beirut and CIDOB, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.

Registration is compulsory. Further information here. 

Speakers:

Farea AL-MUSLIMI, Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies, Carnegie Middle East Center, Yemen

Ali Nobil AHMAD, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany

Rachel BAHN, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Ray BUSH, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 

Carolina CASTRO, Secretariat of Culture, Recreation, and Sports, Colombia

Miguel DE PORRAS, University Pablo de Olavide, Spain

Lina EKLUND, Lund University, Sweden

Christophe GIRONDE, Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Matthew HOFFMAN, Cornell University, Norwegian Centre for Rural Research, Norway

Samuel IGBATAYO, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria

Hadi JAAFAR, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Martin KEULERTZ, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Dina MANDOUR, Cairo University, Egypt

Michele NORI, Migration Policy Centre and European University Institute, Italy

Archana PRASAD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Fikrie Sintayehu SINKU, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia

Alaa TARTIR, Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Ole Magnus THEISEN, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Marcela TORRES, Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico

Sébastien TREYER, IDDRI, Sciences Po, France

Matthias VOM HAU, Barcelona Institut d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain

Eckart WOERTZ, Kuwait Chair, Sciences Po, France; Research Coordinator, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Spain

Rami ZURAYK, American University of Beirut, Lebanon