Workshops & Conferences
CRISE Seminar Programme (Michaelmas Term 2008)
2008
CRISE Workshop on the Persistence of Inequalities, April 4, 2008
2007
West Africa Training and Capacity-building Exercises, August-December 2007
Conflict Prevention and Peaceful Development: A CRISE Policy Conference, Oxford, July 9-10, 2007
2006
Conference on Decentralization, Federalism and Conflict, Oxford, October 5-7, 2006
Latin America Workshop, September 18-20, 2006
CRISE-LIPI Workshop, August 2006
West Africa Regional Workshop, March 23-25, 2006
CRISE Workshop on the Persistence of Inequalities, April 4, 2008
In many cases Horizontal Inequalities (HIs) or inequalities among groups persist over long periods. Where they persist they are particularly deleterious as they trap people, generation after generation, in a situation of poverty. These conditions may also give rise to greater social instability. The workshop looked at the determinants of socioeconomic HIs over time and exlored why they are so persistent in some cases but prove temporary in others. It brought together participants who analysed these issues in a number of countries: Ghana, China, India, Brazil, Peru and Madagascar.
The workshop programme and list of participants can be downloaded here.
West Africa Training and Capacity-building Exercises, August-December 2007
During the implementation of the CRISE perceptions survey and the conduct of qualitative research by Dr Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Rachael Diprose in Nigeria, a number of training and capacity-building activities took place between August and December 2007.
September 5-7, 2007: Abuja perceptions survey training
During the three-day training session, eight people were trained in survey sampling, interview conduct in multiethnic and multilingual societies, and survey implementation by Rachael Diprose and Dr Mustapha. Prior to this training, most of the participants had never had training in research methods. Most of the people involved in the project are seeking to undertake further private research, postgraduate studies, and employment in development programmes and projects. Seven of the people were from local universities, development institutions, and the private
sector, and participated in the training specifically for employment with CRISE to conduct the survey. Kelechi Iwuamadi participated in the training on behalf of the CDD (Centre for Democracy & Development) in Abuja as a part of joint capacity-building activities between CRISE and CDD. CDD provided the training facilities. The participants were:
Martins Afolabi (survey supervisor)
Franca Chinemerem
Tijjani A.B.
Tilley-Gyado Msurshima
Hassan Garba Isa
Adesuwa Ehigie
Otinche Sunday Inyokwe
Chijoke Kelechi Iwuamadi
Survey implementation – September-October 2007
The survey team carried out 500 questionnaires in five different areas in Abuja, spread over 100 kilometres. The data will be made available to the survey enumerators for their own activities as requested. All members of the survey team have been provided with letters of recommendation to assist them with future employment.
Database and computer training – October 2007
Martins Afolabi and Kelechi Iwuamadi received further training in data entry and operation of the statistical program SPSS. Both of these participants will be involved in data entry of the Perceptions Survey (Martins for Abuja, and Kelechi for Kaduna).
Post Abuja survey activities
Following the completion of the research, and based on outstanding performance, Franca Chinemerem and Martins Afolabi was employed by CRISE to supervise the second round of survey implementation in Kaduna State. Both Franca Chinemerem and Tilley-Gyado Msurshima have been recommended for internships with the CDD. Rachael Diprose also spent time working with Martins Afolabi and Otinche Sunday Inyokwe using her electronic library, sharing journal articles, publications and reports for their PhD studies on governance and development research, which are not easily available in Nigeria.
Kaduna Perceptions Survey training – September 28 – October 2, 2007
During the three-day training session, 20 people were trained in survey sampling, interview conduct in multiethnic and multilingual societies, and survey implementation by Rachael Diprose. Again, prior to this training, most of the participants had never had training in research methods. In total the survey team was able to interpret and implement the survey across 10 different language groups. Most of the people involved in the project are seeking to undertake further private research, postgraduate studies, and employment in development programs and projects. A total of 13 of the people were from local universities, development institutions, and the private sector, and participated in the training specifically for employment with CRISE to conduct the survey. Many of these participants are based in the rural local government areas of Kachia and Zangon Kataf, and do not normally have access to such training. A further five people participated in the training on behalf of the National Union of Tailoring and Garment Workers in Kaduna town as a part of joint capacity building activities between CRISE and the union which provided the training facilities. The participants were:
Hannatu Ishaku (Zangon Kataf)
Lawrence David Ugah (Kachia and Kaduna)
Handan Wilson (Kachia)
Alamkah Dominic Usman (Kachia)
Idris Adamu Zango (Zangon Kataf)
Muhammad Sani Hayatu (Kachia)
Mercy Chawai (Zangon Kataf)
Ninyio Yakubu Samuel (Zangon Kataf)
Phoebe Hayi (Kachia)
Joy Lawrence (Kacia)
Peter Dalla (Zangon Kataf)
Sunday Philips (Zangon Kataf)
Muhammad Lawali
Martins Afolabi
Franca Chinemerem
Five people from the Union.
Survey implementation – October - November 2007
The survey team carried out 600 questionnaires in 21 different districts in southern Kaduna state, spread over some 400 kilometres. The data will be made available to the survey enumerators for their own activities as requested. All members of the survey team have been provided with letters of recommendation to assist them with future employment.
Post Kaduna survey activities – October – December 2007
Following the completion of the research, and based on outstanding performance, Hannatu Ishaku, David Lawrence, and Elsie Lawrence were trained by Rachael Diprose in a variety of other research methods in order for them to be able to both provide some research assistance and to develop their skills for pursuing their Masters education (development and journalism). These include basic computer operation, time organisation and networking, qualitative research methods including interview techniques and research ethics, case study development, historical archival work, and newspaper review and analysis. Hannatu Ishaku and David Lawrence will use this experience for their future studies and employment in government and media respectively, and Elsie Lawrence for further studies and to establish her own business.
Other training and capacity building initiatives
Rachael Diprose will train staff at the Development Research & Projects Centre (dRPC) in Kano in SPSS and Nvivo programs and selected staff at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria in research methods in December.
Affirmative Action: The Malaysian Experience in International Perspective, Singapore, October 22-23, 2007
Wherever affirmative action policies are pursued, they are almost always controversial, both among academics, policy-makers and politicians, and the broader public. Much of this debate is ideological, but even attempts at objective assessment of the impacts of affirmative action have proved extremely problematic. CRISE held a workshop on Affirmative Action: The Malaysian Experience in International Perspective in Singapore on 22-23 October, co-hosted by the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore, to consider these issues.
The workshop brought together participants from Malaysia and four other countries that have pursued affirmative action policies - Northern Ireland, India, the United States, and South Africa - for two days of comparative discussion and evaluation of the benefits and drawbacks of policies with the aim of identifying commonalities and differences that might help policy-makers make better judgments about the nature and implementation of affirmative action. The workshop aimed to be as multi-disciplinary as possible, bringing to bear perspectives from economics, law, political studies, and social psychology.
Download the workshop programme here.
Conflict Prevention and Peaceful Development: A CRISE Policy Conference, Oxford, July 9-10, 2007
Horizontal inequalities between ethnic, religious or regional groups are a major source of instability and v
iolent conflict, particularly in developing countries. Devising and implementing policies to correct such inequalities is thus of vital importance. Yet policies to reduce horizontal inequalities can also be inflammatory if poorly or inconsiderately devised or implemented. There is hence a need to understand what kinds of policies work and which have been less successful.
CRISE held a Policy Conference on July 9-10 to discuss these issues and draw out the implications of four years of CRISE research. The conference programme and participant biographies can be downloaded from the conference webpage. Session notes will be available in September.
Conflict Prevention and Peaceful Development: Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Marginalization in Indonesia, Jakarta, June 7, 2007
CRISE and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) held a policy conference on Conflict Prevention and Peaceful Development: Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Marginalization in Indonesia on June 7 in Jakarta. Read the conference activity report.
CRISE Policy Conference: Policies to support peaceful development in West Africa, Abuja, Nigeria, February 28 2007
CRISE held a conference in Abuja, Nigeria, entitled CRISE Policy Conference: Policies to support peaceful developmen
t in West Africa on February 28 2007. The aim of the conference was to discuss the main research and policy findings from our studies in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Lessons learnt from other CRISE countries, including Bolivia, Malaysia, Guatemala, Indonesia and Peru also informed the debate. While the main focus of the conference was on Nigeria, several participants presented insights and inputs from the Ghanaian and Ivorian experiences.
The conference, which was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the C
anadian Foreign Office, brought together around 50 people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests, including policy-makers, academics, representatives of civil society, media, and religious and ethnic leaders. Topics discussed included:
- Inequalities: Why horizontal inequalities matter and how to measure them
- Ethnic Representation and Governance
- Citizenship Rights and Ethnicity
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Natural Resources and Fiscal Federalism
- Vigilantism and Personal Security
- Lessons from Across the World
Downloadable conference documents/materials:
- CRISE Working Paper 45: Horizontal Inequalities in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire: Issues and Policies
- Conference Notes
- Conference programme
Read a review in Nigeria's This Day newspaper.
CRISE would like to thank DFID
and the Canadian Foreign Office
for their generous financial support
in organising this conference.
Public Meeting on Horizontal Inequalities in the World and Latin America, Guatemala City, November 14, 2006
CRISE, together with its partner institution Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and the United Nations Development Programme in Guatemala, held a public meeting on the subject of Horizontal Inequalities in the World and in Latin America in Guatemala City on November 14.
The meeting brought together government officials, politicians, indigenous leaders, academics and representatives of international bodies, national NGOs, and the private sector to hear presentations by CRISE researchers Rosemary Thorp and Corinne Caumartin, with commentary by the Mayan economist Hugo Uz.
Conference on Decentralization, Federalism and Conflict, Oxford, October 5-7, 2006
The question of whether or not federalism and decentralization encourage or ameliorate serious violent conflict has long been an 
issue in political science and development studies. However, there is an increasing realization that these terms cover a broad range of political and economic structures and practices, which are unlikely to have a uniform relationship with conflict.
CRISE held a conference entitled Decentralization, Federalism and Conflict in Oxford on October 5-7 that brought together experts from a range of fields with differing geographical areas of expertise in order to examine under what conditions such structures have affected, or are likely to affect, conflict propensity.
The keynote address, Three Ways to Make a Constitution, was given by Professor Donald Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University. Read a summary.
Available conference papers (All papers are DRAFTS ONLY, please do not cite):
| Author | Affiliation | Title |
| Kristin Bakke and Erik Wibbels | University of Washington | Federalism and Intrastate Struggles: The Role of Diversity and Disparity |
| Andrew Catford | RMIT University, Australia | How Village-Based Development Can Reduce Conflict in Vietnam |
| Rachael Diprose | CRISE | Passing on the challenges or prescribing better management of diversity? Decentralization, power sharing and conflict dynamics in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Ukoha Ukiwo | CRISE | Creation of local government areas and ethnic conflicts in Nigeria: the Case of Warri, Delta State |
- Conference programme
- List of participants
- Session notes:
- I. Federalism and conflict: case studies and comparative perspectives
- II. Decentralization, poverty and conflict
- III. Federalism, decentralization and inequality
- IV. Local politics, violence and political change
- V. Special autonomy and complex power-sharing
- VI. Internal borders and ethnic cleavages
Pictured: Donald Horowitz gives the keynote address.
Latin America workshop, September 18-20, 2006
CRISE, together with the UN Human Development Programme in Bolivia, held a workshop in Santa Cruz from September 18-20, 2006. Researchers presented recent work from Peru, Bolivia and Guatemala, focused on the following themes:
- Political horizontal inequalities
- Peru: mobility, ethnicity and education
- Police and army
- Political mobilisation and ethnicity over the long run in the three countries
- CRISE Perceptions Survey results
- Gender in Guatemala
- Collective action/decentralisation and collective action
- Natural resources
Workshop papers (All papers are DRAFTS ONLY, please do not cite):
CRISE-LIPI workshop, August 2006
In August 2006, CRISE held its annual workshop with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Jakarta.
The workshop focussed on reviewing research conducted by CRISE, LIPI, and its partners to date, includin
g overviews of the research conducted on Horizontal Inequalities and conflict in
Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Riau. Research has also been conducted on the history of violence in Indonesia, ethnicity and the political system and other related issues.
The workshop also reviewed the preliminary results of the CRISE/LIPI survey conducted in Sulawesi. In addition, one day of the workshop was dedicated to reviewing new research about to begin with the CRISE/LIPI partners.
CRISE would like to thank LIPI, in particular Dr Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, for facilitating and organising the workshop.
Download session notes here.
Pictured: (l-r) Graham Brown, Rachael Diprose and Riwanto Tirtosudarmo.
West Africa Regional Workshop, March 23-25, 2006
From March 23 to March 25, CRISE and the Ghanaian Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) held a meeting at the University of Ghana. The objective was to take stock of ongoing research carried out by the CRISE West African network, including researchers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria, and to decide new re
search directions. CRISE West African research network members were invited to present their findings and propose future research to an audience which included some Ghanaian colleagues as well as the CRISE research network.
Three research themes dominated the discussions: the role of horizontal inequalities in conflicts, processes of political mobilisation (both violent and non-violent), and the measurement of the salience of ethnicity. Each theme was developed and analysed by both panellists and the floor. Within these themes, discussion focussed on the interplay of the various dimensions of horizontal inequalities and their political management, social factors determining youth enlistment into militias, the socioeconomic determinants of intergroup biases and the role of the media in shaping those biases.
It was decided that future research would focus on the role of religion in political mobilisation, the nature and impact of the military on societal cohesion, and how a gendered perspective affects mobilisation for violence or peace.
On March 24, a special public meeting was held at the British Council in Accra, chaired by the Minister of Tourism, Jacob Okanka Obetsebi-Lamptey. It was attended by roug
hly 200 people from various backgrounds: MPs, NGO activists and other civil society representatives, journalists and students. Speakers included the minister, Frances Stewart and Raufu Mustapha of CRISE, Dzodzi Tsikata, Senior Research Fellow at ISSER, and Richard Asante, Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana. This was an opportunity to disseminate major CRISE findings and to get immediate feedback from potential stakeholders attending the event, who actively and enthusiastically questioned and commented on the presentations.
- Workshop Programme
- List of Participants
- Session Notes:
Pictured: (Top) Dzodzi Tsikata; (Bottom, l-r) Minister of Tourism Jacob Okanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, Frances Stewart, Richard Asante and Raufu Mustapha.
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