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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.

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Current projects

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

An international research programme analysing public authority

Crowdsourcing Conflict and Peace Events in the Syrian Conflict Bottom-up and top-down data

Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding WOSCAP

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

NEW BLOG | 8 months after the #DRC elections, popular optimism for political reform is waning. Former President… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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LSE Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit LSE_CCS

NEW BLOG | President #Tshisekedi is struggling to maintain power in the #DRCongo as former President #Kabila mainta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

3 days ago

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Telephone

+44 (0)207 955 6419

Email

id.ccs@lse.ac.uk

Address

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