war & peace

Posthuman Security: An Integrated Ethical Framework

Audra Mitchell political science, post-humanism, post-individualism, social relations, social rights, war & peace 3 June 2013

Dr Audra Mitchell

ISRF EARLY CAREER FELLOW 2014-15

The purpose of this project is to develop a framework that will enable security actors to respond to the ethical challenges raised by nonhumans in situations such as wars and disasters. In existing security discourses, human beings are framed as the only relevant actors, in both ethical and pragmatic terms. Yet security situations are shaped by a range of nonhumans that Bruno Latour terms ‘actants’: beings that can collectively affect change in the world without possessing agency, subjectivity, or intentionality.

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Political Entrepreneurs and Civil Wars

Andrea Ruggeri civil war, decolonisation, international relations, political science, war & peace 12 January 2012

Professor Andrea Ruggeri

ISRF EARLY CAREER FELLOW 2012-13

Are some rebels more important than others in civil wars? While the existing literature on civil wars has developed theories and provided empirical evidence based either on structural features of society or individual preferences and strategies, we lack a micro-level analysis, where some rebels, namely political entrepreneurs, are distinguished from the “average rebel”. This may be surprising since studies on collective action and common sense tell us tbat not all actors are equal. Some actors and not others are the ones to encourage, organize and lead mobilization. The following research project aims to explore the micro-level of conflict, focusing on the role of political entrepreneurs in civil wars.

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