CFP: LSE Global Governance International Conference

The organizers invite papers on the theme Persistent Conflict in the 21st Century for a conference to be held at the London School of Economics & Political Science on June 25, 2011. Proposals are invited from advanced PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, early-career academics and practitioners, that address any of the three broad themes of the conference: Conflict Duration and the Stages of Conflict; Drivers of Conflict Persistence; and, External Interventions. The organizers invite conceptual and theoretical contributions as well as case-study analysis of particular conflicts, with special emphasis on innovative qualitative and quantitative methods across the social sciences. Please send a CV and a paper abstract of 300-500 words to Tom Kirk at t.kirk@lse.ac.uk by 4 January 2011.  For other enquiries, please contact the conference convenor Dr. Iavor Rangelov at i.p.rangelov@lse.ac.uk.