Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser presented their latest research at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association

  Earlier this month, Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser presented their latest research at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association that was held in Montréal on 15-18 March. The paper, called “Diasporas and Conflict Transformation”, aims at conceptualizing diaspora engagements in conflict transformation in their homelands as well as in their […]

DIASCON project researcher Vadim Romashov conducts research on war-induced migration from Russia

  Thousands of Russian citizens resettled in different cities in the South Caucasus region after the military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state on 24 February 2022. DIASCON project researcher Vadim Romashov conducts research on war-induced migration. In collaboration with colleagues from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Georgia, and Russia he has collected extensive research material, […]

PROJECT MEMBER VADIM ROMASHOV GIVES A PUBLIC ONLINE LECTURE ON ETHNOGRAPHIC PEACE RESEARCH AT THE CARTER SCHOOL

  On November 14, 2022, DIASCON project member Vadim Romashov gave a public online-lecture on ethnographic peace research at the Carter School Methods Mondays. The lecture presented methodological insights from his ethnographic research on everyday practices and narratives of living together in Armenian-Azerbaijani villages in the southern borderland of Georgia You can access the online […]

PROJECT MEMBERS VADIM ROMASHOV AND ANUSH PETROSYAN PARTICIPATE IN THE 19TH ETMU DAYS

On November 24-25, 2022, project members of DIASCON Vadim Romashov and Anush Petrosyan participated in the Conference “Mobile Lives, Glocal Complexities” organized by the Society of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU). Partaking in the workshop on Activist research in practice: Methodological and ethical conversations, Romashov and Petrosyan presented the abstract of an upcoming paper […]

Project member Vadim Romashov defends his PhD

Our very own Vadim Romashov defended his PhD in Peace and Conflict Research at Tampere University this fall! Vadim’s dissertation is an ethnographic story-based interpretation of everyday practices and narratives of living together in Armenian-Azerbaijani rural communities in Georgia. At the center of his research, is a concern with how members of communities live together […]

DIASCON participation in the 2022 European Peace Research Association conference this June

Great news! The DIASCON team will be hosting two panel sessions on “Diasporas and peace” at the 2022 European Peace Research Association (EuPRA) conference in Tampere from 1-4 June! The title of the conference is “Empowering Peace: The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation” and we look forward to presenting our ongoing […]

DIASCON Handbook now available online!

We are happy to share with you that the DIASCON handbook is now fully available online and can be found here: DIASCON HANDBOOK The  handbook is a result of interviews, workshops and additional research conducted in the frame of the DIASCON project and is intended for practitioners working with diasporas and migrants, civil society organizations […]

New publication by project members: “Toward a theory of diaspora formation through conflict deterritorialization”

DIASCON project members Élise Féron and Sofiya Voytiv published their article “Toward a Theory of Diaspora Formation through Conflict Deterritorialization” in Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. You can find the article here: http://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12354