Projects per year
Organisation profile
The State, Governance and Conflict research cluster at the School of International Development (DEV) investigates the characteristics, origins and effects of different types of power relations in the global South.
Using evidence-based approaches, our research asks how both domestic and international factors shape political regimes, forms of governance and developmental outcomes.
Defining politics as a field of practices and relations involving a wide range of competing actors and institutions, our work analyses the “politics of development” in several key domains:
Civil Wars and Political Violence – analysis of media representations of violent conflicts, water supply and treatment during and immediately following armed conflict, and the relevance of institutional design for the prospects of ethnopolitical (in)stability (Scott, Stavinoha, Theuerkauf and Zeitoun).
Media and Development – how media representations may influence political development goals by reproducing or challenging dominant discourses about development and inequality (Scott and Stavinoha).
Political Economy – analysis of how both everyday social relations and broader political processes reflect and shape distributions of power and resources (Pattenden and Chhotray).
Social and Political Institutions – how (and to what degree) different social groups access or are denied political representation through formal as well as informal institutions and policy-making processes (Chhotray, Pattenden, Stavinoha and Theuerkauf).
Social Policy – analysis of the uneven outcomes of social policy and processes of governance in the global South (Pattenden and Chhotray).
State-Society Relations – analysis of the power relations at play amongst the populations of villages, towns and cities in the global South, and of their interactions with state and civil society actors (Chhotray, Pattenden, Scott and Stavinoha).
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Vasudha Chhotray
- School of Global Development - Professor of Politics and Development
- Water Security Research Centre - Member
- Global Environmental Justice - Member
- The State, Governance and Conflict - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Ben Jones
- School of Global Development - Associate Professor in Development Studies
- Heritage and History - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- The State, Governance and Conflict - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Jonathan Pattenden
- School of Global Development - Associate Professor in the Political Economy and Sociology of Development
- Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing - Member
- The State, Governance and Conflict - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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International aid and the media: Improving the effectiveness of aid allocation
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/07/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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BA Researcher at Risk: Social roles, identities and values in the families of Ukrainian refugees in 2022-2024
1/02/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Fellowship
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Addressing past injustice, empowering for the future? Reparation policies and ‘victim’ or ‘survivor’ identities in Tolima, Colombia
Uribe, J., Theuerkauf, U., Salamanca, M., Padilla, S., Rodriguez, I. & Sala, C., 13 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Civil Wars.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Avoiding the Housekeeping Trap: Challenges and Opportunities in a Decolonizing Project at the University of East Anglia, UK
Wang, Y., Pham, T. N., Henry, S., Simon, S., Hynes, C. & Theuerkauf, U., 11 Nov 2023, (Accepted/In press) Decolonizing Educational Knowledge : International Perspectives and Contestations. Lopez, A. & Singh, H. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America
Wright, K., Scott, M. & Bunce, M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Oxford University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Prizes
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British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Jones, Ben (Recipient), 21 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Community and Public Engagement (Cue East)
Scott, Martin (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Excellence in Teaching (UEA)
Scott, Martin (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Parliamentary Report Launch - All Party Parliamentary Group for Aid Match Report ('UK Aid Match: Real Aid or Charity Washing?')
Martin Scott (Speaker)
12 Sep 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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BOOK LAUNCH: Humanitarian Journalists - the solution to under-reported crises (London / Frontline club)
Martin Scott (Speaker)
30 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Research presentation: UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Martin Scott (Speaker)
28 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Ministers accused of ‘charity washing’ by using overseas aid budget for political gain (The Independent)
12/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Why so many humanitarian crises are ‘forgotten’, and 5 ideas to change that (The New Humanitarian)
17/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee envoy (BBC World News bulletin)
17/12/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media