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Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit

CCS Unit

Understanding conflict and violence in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Bridging the gap between citizens and policymakers.

Event Postponed: Labour defeat, Tory victory and the new political divides of Brexit Britain

New Publication Courses au pouvoir: the struggle over customary capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Local agreements: a case study of Galkaio, Somalia by Nisar Majid

Current projects

The Conflict Research Programme: Violence and political markets in Africa and the Middle East.

An international research programme analysing public authority

Legitimacy and Citizenship in the Arab World

Debating Brexit Research happening at a local level

Past programmes

Security in Transition SiT

The Crisis States Research Programme Ten years of research into fragile states

The Justice and Security Research Programme Public authority in conflict and post-conflict settings

LSE Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit LSE_CCS

"Rebel rule of law: Taliban courts in the west and north-west of Afghanistan." A new policy brief published this mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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NEW BLOG | Economic deterioration in #Syria has been exacerbated by #COVID-19. The amount of #Syrians now living… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Email

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Address

Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE