Call for papers

This workshop seeks to bring together a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on the intersection of food and conflict, and their wider direct and indirect linkages. Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:

• The role food plays as a potential causal factor or precondition in conflict onset;

• Forms of conflict associated with particularly severe food security outcomes;

• The role of particular conflict or peacebuilding actors in food (in)security;

• The impact of conflict on the food security of particular communities, groups or populations;

•  Conflict’s medium- and long-term consequences for food security and food rights;

• Broader factors linking conflict and food insecurity, including conflict- and post-conflict land governance, natural resource management, and local-to-global food systems.

Organisation

The workshop will be held in Dublin, Ireland on 15 May 2024, coinciding with other events in the lead-up to Ireland’s National Famine Commemoration Day, and providing a distinctive frame for Irish scholarship on the relationship between conflict, hunger and politics more broadly.

Proposals for presentations should be submitted to Caitriona.Dowd@ucd.ie by the 28th of February 2024. Proposals should include a title, short abstract (300 words max), and the name, email and institutional affiliation of the presenter. To facilitate timely review, please include “Conflict and hunger workshop” in the email subject line. The organisers encourage submissions from researchers at all career stages, including students and early career researchers.

A small fund is available to cover the costs of travel and accommodation for the workshop, with priority given to early career researchers. Those wishing to be considered for travel support should indicate this in their submission, and also attach a CV and brief bio (100 words max).

Contact

For questions or more information, please contact Dr Caitriona Dowd, Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin at Caitriona.Dowd@ucd.ie.

Support

Dr Dowd's work on the Gendered Dimensions of Hunger in Peacebuilding project is generously supported by the Irish Research Council. The workshop is kindlyco-funded by the Political Studies Association of Ireland’s Peace and Conflict Specialist Group.