A Royal Engineers Boat Group patrols the Shatt Al Arab waterway in Basra (2006) (C) David Axe, Flickr.
The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) is a seven-year research consortium led by the University of Edinburgh Law School and funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The LSE Middle East Centre works closely with experts and mid-career researchers, largely based in Iraq, to conduct world-class research on the intricacies of peacebuilding, conflict and democratisation within Iraq.
Joining the consortium in 2021, the LSE Middle East Centre’s PeaceRep programme looks at the peace and transition processes amidst evolving conflict dynamics, shifting demands of inclusion, and a transformed landscape of global intervention in conflict, peace, and mediation in Iraq.
The LSE Middle East Centre also partners on a parallel programme supported by the FCDO and University of Edinburgh Law School in collaboration with the University of St Andrews researching fragmentations in the global order and how these impact peace and transition settlements in Türkiye, the GCC and Iran.
For more information about the Programme, please contact Mustafa Al-Soufi, Programme Coordinator, at m.m.al-soufi@lse.ac.uk.
- A. Travers, The UN’s Humanitarian Transition from Emergency Assistance to Development Funding in Iraq: The Politics of Delivering Aid in a Country of Protracted Post-Conflict Displacement, LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 88, May 2024.
- S. Jiyad, Corruption is the lifeblood of politics in Iraq, LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 77, November 2023.
- I. Makki, Higher education in Iraq after 2003: ongoing challenges, LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 75, October 2023. (تتوفر النسخة العربية هنا)
- M. Mason, Z. Akıncı, A. Bilgen, N. Nasir, A. Al-Rubaie, Towards hydro-transparency on the Euphrates-Tigris basin: mapping surface water changes in Iraq, 1984–2015,LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 74, October 2023.
- S. Foltyn, Protectors of the state? The Popular Mobilisation Forces during the 2022 post-election crisis, LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 65, March 2023. (تتوفر النسخة العربية هنا)
- T.Alkhudary, Changing the system from within? The role of opposition parties in consolidating democracy in Iraq post-2019. LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 64, March 2023. (تتوفر النسخة العربية هنا)
- S. Jiyad, The Mechanisms of Corruption in Iraq, LSE Middle East Centre Blog, March 2023.
- F. Nadhmi, H. Saeed, M. Abdel Ridah, N. Abdullah, T. Dodge, Hope Denied: Iraq's Young People Reflect on 20 Years Since the Invasion, LSE Middle East Centre Public Event, 13 March 2023.
- A. Bilgen, The Disruptive Power of Open-Source Water Data: The Case of the Euphrates-Tigris Basin, LSE Middle East Centre Blog, January 2023.
- Z. Saleem, The competition for control in Sinjar: how external actors and local interests inhibit the Sinjar Agreement, LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series 82. January 2024.
- T. Alkhudary, Legacies of Slavery and Revolt in Iraq’s Port City, LSE Middle East Centre Blog, December 2023.
- S. Foltyn, The trouble with Halbousi: the rise of, and resistance to, Iraq’s Sunni strongman. LSE Middle East Centre paper series (76). October 2023.
- Z. Saleem, Unrest in Sinjar: Iraq’s Government has yet to Earn the Trust of the Yezidi Community, LSE Middle East Centre Blog, June 2023.
- S. Foltyn, The Trouble with Halbousi: The Extraordinary Rise and Looming Fall of Iraq’s Sunni Strongman, LSE Middle East Centre Blog, June 2023.