Projects per year
Organisation profile
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).
Network
Profiles
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Vasudha Chhotray
- School of International 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 International 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 International 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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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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Old parks, new futures: documenting the uses of open space in an African city
1/03/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Challenging categories: educated unemployed youth as institutional innovators in rural Uganda
20/03/20 → 19/06/23
Project: Research
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Addressing Past Injustice, Empowering for the Future? Reparation Policies and ‘Victim’ or ‘Survivor’ Identities in Tolima, Colombia
Uribe, J. J., Theuerkauf, U., Salamanca, M. D. P., Padilla, S., Rodriguez Fernandez, I. & Sala Valdes, C., 24 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Civil Wars.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Class
Pattenden, J., Clarke, M. (ed.) & Zhao, X. (ed.), Oct 2023, Elgar Encyclopedia of Development. Clarke, M. & Zhao, X. A. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Economic development, economic well-being, and left-right orientations
Esposito, L. & Theuerkauf, U., 27 Mar 2023Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
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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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
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Research presentation: World Food Programme (WFP)
Martin Scott (Speaker)
30 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
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
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Not every war gets the same coverage as Russia's invasion — and that has consequences (NPR)
4/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media