Cooperation and Conflicts in the Age of Uncertainty (CC2024)

The Institute of Peace and Conflicts of the University of Granada and The University of Public Service of Budapest in cooperation with the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives announce an international conference. The aim of the event is to strengthen inter-institutional cooperation by exchanging professional experiences in the three interconnected scientific fields detailed below. Publication opportunity for the papers presented at the conference will be provided.

The principal focus of the conference is on the issue of borders and cross-border aspects of governance. In the last few years the 2015 migration crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine war and the Middle East conflict, as well as the socio-economic impacts of all these crises have resulted in the re-discovery of borders. The European discourse changed fundamentally: instead of the elimination of borders and border obstacles, the issue of security has come to the fore, resulting in reclosing of borders, construction of new borders and application of more stringent border control. Motivated by these experiences, we open the call for proposals which include the following topics:

Peace Research

• Types of violences and conflicts in changing landscapes
• Hybrid wars and armed conflicts
• International conflicts
• Environmental conflicts and border communities
• Transcend Method in immigrant affairs
• Peace education and multi-inter culturalism
• Education, schooling and new immigrants
• Peace education and immigrant families
• Racism and exclusion in immigrant issues
• Conflict theory and immigration

Cross-Border Studies

• Borders and borderlands, neighbourhood policies
• Europeanisation and borderless Europe
• The border – as a symbol of identity
• Institutions and legal framework for cross-border cooperation
• Cross-border mobility in the EU
• Border economy and cohesion policy
• Re-bordering tendencies in the 21st century
• Resilience of border regions
• Border security and Schengen acquis

Minority Studies

• Interethnic relationships
• Cultural diversity
• Identities and self-determinations
• Ethnic and national minority issues
• Romani studies
• Migration, ethnicity and transnationality
• Cultural and political representations of minorities
• Minority rights
• Diaspora communities and organizations
• Kin-state and diaspora policies

The conference is designed in a hybrid format, and its working language will be English. To submit an abstract (200-300 words) please include a brief professional bio (100-150 words) including your academic/institutional affiliation to the following e-mail address: conferencecc2024@gmail.com

Conference organizing committee members:

• Zsuzsanna Fejes, PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, University of Public Service (UPS); Head of the UPS-CESCI Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation; President of the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI).
• Dániel Gazsó, PhD, research fellow, lecturer, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, University of Public Service; founding member, UPS-CESCI Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation; senior research fellow, Research Institute for Hungarian Communities Abroad.
• Melinda Istenes-Benczi, PhD, international relations coordinator, Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives; founding member, UPS-CESCI Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation.
• Francisco Jiménez Bautista, PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Department of Social Anthropology and Culture; researcher of the Institute of Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.
• José Ángel Ruiz Jiménez, PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, Department of Contemporary History; director of the Institute of Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.
• Andrea Barrientos-Soto, PhD, assistant professor, Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Pedagogy; associate member of the Institute of Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.

Proposal deadline: 31 May, 2024.

Conference date: 28 November, 2024.