Rethinking , Conflict and Governance Conference

UNE Paramatta Campus, February 12-14, 2020 Sydney Australia

Conference Programme

Day 1: Wednesday, 12 February 2020

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 9:15 Welcome to Country Uncle Bruce Gale, Darug Traditional Owner and Elder

09:15 - 09:30 Welcome and opening Professor Brigid Heywood, speech Vice- Chancellor, University of New England

09:30 – 09:45 Conference information Professor Helen Ware, Peace Studies, UNE

09:45-10:15 Keynote Speech Keynote speaker: Dr. Vasu Gounden, Founder and Executive Director, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), South Africa

10:15 – 10:45 Morning Tea break 10:45 – 12:15 Plenary Panel on Culture and Peace Abe Quadan A Proposal for a Peace Monument University of Sydney Panel on Cultural Landscape of Peace Peter Herborn Peace Trails for Australian Futures (Room 1) Urban geographer and planner; peace educator, Chair: Frank INMP Hutchinson, Eva Rodriguez Riestra Care, Agency and Activism: Current Architectural Journal of Peace Architects for Peace; Dilemmas Education; Peace IPRA Arts and Commission Commission, IPRA; Kazuyo Yamane Education for Peace and Human Rights at Museums Human Survival Ritsumeikan University, for Peace Project Kyoto (Presentation by Skype or Zoom) & Kyoto Museum for , INMP 12:15 – 13:15 Parallel sessions 1 and 2

Christopher Appiah- Institutions versus Culture? Mitigative Electoral Parallel session 1: Thomson Violence in Africa Violence, Psychosocial The University of Transformation and Newcastle Peacebuilding AeDuck Im Social Practice Program for Elderly Residents of Jeju (Room 1) National University in Island, South Korea, Affected by Historic “4.3” Jeju, South Korea Trauma: Short-term Application of Psychosocial Model Trauma

Chair: Marty Branagan, Linda Groff Making Peace with the Earth: The Many Challenges Peace Studies, UNE California State University of the Anthropocene Age Dominguez Hills, USA Nicholas Idris Erameh Revisiting the Restrictionist and the Moral Chrisland University Cosmopolitan Debate: Can the ‘Responsibility to Nigeria Protect’ Doctrine Act as Deterrence against Mass Atrocity and Human Rights Infringement in Africa?

DB Subedi Rethinking Peacemaking in the Age of Populist University of New England Resurgence Parallel session 2: Peacebuilding and Ravindra Chandrasiri Dilemmas of Irregular Migration to Australia: The sustaining peace Palliyaguruge Perspective of a Southern Sri Lankan in the Post-war (Room 2) Sabaragamuwa Era University, Sri Lanka Babatunde Obamamoye Burden-Sharing in the Context of Post-Conflict Chair: Johanna The Australian National Peacebuilding: The Conception and Launch of the Garnett, University African Union’s ASI Scheme Peace Studies, UNE Raj Kumar Kothari Anarchism, the State and Peacebuilding Vidyasagar University, India Khalil Abdalla El Medani Contemporary Ethnic Violence in Multi-Ethnic and University of Sharjah, UAE Multi-Cultural States: Towards Deep Understanding of Roots of Ethnic Violence and the Dynamic Processes of Peacebuilding 13:15 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:15 Parallel sessions 3 and 4

Kate Higgins Governance as Peacebuilding in the Pacific Parallel Session 3: Conciliation Resources Governance and Johnson Olaosebikan Trapped Between British Ambivalent Integration and Peacebuilding Arenu Ekiti State Inept Political Leadership: Can the Nigerian Project University, Nigeria Survive? (Room 1) Anurug Chakma A Cross-National Study on Government Ideology and Chair: Sam Angulo The Australian National Civil War Peace Agreements Onapa, University Peace Studies, UNE Dele Ogunmola Governing Peacebuilding in Cote d’Ivoire: Inventories and Vaticinations

Parallel session 4: Andrew Greig Non-Lethal Security: What It’s About and Where It’s Peace, Conflict and Nonlethal Security for At Security Peace Campaign (Room 2) David E. Evans Local to Global: and Maximising

Chair: John Ahere, Elijah Adewale Taiwo The impact of Boko Haram Terrorism on Peace, Peace Studies, UNE Akungba Akoko, Security and Development in Africa: The Case of Ondo State, Nigeria Nigeria

Anita Lum Amaanwi- Beyond the Limits of Good Governance for Security: Wanki A Comparative Analysis of the Leadership-Security University of New England Nexus in Ghana and the CAR from 1993-2013

15:15 – 15:30 Tea break 15:30 – 17:00 Plenary Panel presentation Graeme Stuart, University Promoting Nonviolent Relationships: Alternatives to of Newcastle Violence Project Workshops with Parents Gener Lapina Alternatives to Family Support Newcastle Violence, Psychosocial Dr Wendy Lambourne Psychosocial Transformation and Peacebuilding: Transformation and Peace and Conflict Burundi and Beyond Peacebuilding Studies, University of Sydney (Room 1) Presenters from AVP and Social Capital and People from Refugee Backgrounds: STARTTS: Jasmina A Partnership between Alternatives to Violence Bajraktarevie, Helen Project and NSW Service for the Treatment and Chair: Helen Ware, Bibby, Raphael Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors Peace Studies, UNE Manirakiza, Shakeh Momartin, Ansuya Naguran, Katherine Smith, Ken Woods

18:15 – 20:00 Conference dinner: Nellam Indian Restaurant, 79 Macquarie St, Parramatta.

If you have not registered for the dinner but still want to join, please let the organisers know ASAP (cost AU$50).

Day 2: Thursday, 13 February 2020

09:00 – 09:45 Dr. Linda Groff Keynote speech California State University Dominguez Hills, USA 09:45 – 11:00 Panel and parallel session 1

Parallel session Tichaona Mazarie Exploring Reintegration in Namibia: Individual trajectories 1: Reintegration, University of the Free State of PLAN ex-fighters (1989-2018) Security and (South Africa) Peace Debendra Pradad Adhikari Dilemma and Ambiguity of Female Ex-combatants in Kathmandu University, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (Room 1) Nepal Processes: A unique account in post-conflict setting

Chair: DB Keshab Giri Experiences of Female Ex-Combatants in the Maoist Subedi, The University of Sydney Insurgency in Nepal: Endless Battles and Resistance Peace Studies, UNE Julian McKinley King Globalisation, Governance and State-Sponsored Terror: University of Wollongong The case of Indonesia. Panel on Putting Universal Ethos Lindsay Mell, Prospects for the Sustainable Development Goals on the Agenda peace and sustainable development advocate (Room 2) Thomas Mayor, The Uluru Statement from the Heart Author; President, NT Chair: Keith Suter Trades & Labour Council AM, global futurist and John Buchanan, Narratives and Education media University of Technology commentator Sydney Anne Noonan Alternative Voices and Whistle-Blowers Medical Association for the Prevention of War and the Australian West Papua Association 11:00-11:30 Tea break 11:30-13:00 Parallel sessions 3 and 4

Anil Kumar Biswas Indigenous Community Governance of Tribal People in Parallel session The University of Burdwan India: A Case Study on the Community Governance of 3: Conflict, West Bengal, India Toto Tribe Governance and Peace Khan Ferdousour Rahman Disaster Governance in Bangladesh State University of (Room 1) Bangladesh Asis Mistry The Identification of Ethnic Conflict in Nepal: Envisaging Chair: Md Kazi Nazrul University, Nepal’s Transition from Hindu Monarchy to Secular Mahbub Alam West Bengal, Republic Prodip, India

Peace Studies, Shafi Md Mostofa Does Lack of Good Governance Lead to Militancy? UNE University of New England Patricia Mae Alino Shifting from Armed Struggle to Nonviolent Action in University of Sydney Indigenous Communities in Mindanao

Malatsi L. Seleka Peace Education as an Effective Tool for Managing Alinah K. Segobye Conservation Conflicts in Ngamiland, Botswana Parallel Session Free State University, South 4: Peace Africa Education Alinah K. Segobye Negotiating Common Ground: Articulating a post-conflict Lance P. Hauunga development agenda for Namibia: the role of TVET (Room 2) Namibia University of education in sustainable peace discourses Science and Technology Chair: Shailendra Prerana Bhatnagar Peace-building Education Through Dialogue and The Arts: Singh University of Toronto A Pedagogy of Humanism for India’s Dalit Students Discipline, Subhash Chandra Theory of Conflicts, Peace Education and Peace building University of Intercultural Open in Asia South Pacific University, India 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions 4 and 5

Ramesh Shrestha Youth, Politics and Political Violence: Exploring University of New England Characteristics and Relationships in Nepal’s Polity Parallel session Development Processes 4: Youth, Conflict and Sam Onapa South Sudan Conflict: When Mediators Become Spoilers Peacebuilding University of New England Gianmarco Pisa Holding Peace: Civil Engagement and Youth Participation (Room 1) Istituto Italiano di Ricerca for Sustainable Peace Building per la Pace - Corpi Civili di Chair: Marty Pace/ Italian Peace Branagan, Research Institute - Civil Peace Studies, Peace Corps UNE Sajal Roy From Temporary Settlement to Environmental Injustice: Western Sydney University The Case of Forced Displacement of the Rohingya People in Bangladesh

Shailendra Singh Media Policy, Good Governance and Peace-Building— Parallel session University of the South Strategies for Capacity Building 5: Culture, Social Pacific in the Pacific Context Media and Jon Silverman Social Media in West Africa: ‘A Continuation of Conflict by University of Bedfordshire Other Means’? (Room 2) (UK) Sri Nuryanti Peace Journalism and the Aftermath of the Jakarta Attack Chair: DB Subedi, Indonesian Institute of 2016 Peace Studies, Sciences (LIPI) UNE Sumon Francis Gomes and Peace Building through Community Radio Engagement to Saifuddin Sabuj Counter Extremist Influences and Radicalization of Youth: Examples, experiences and lessons from Bangladesh

Media & Communication Specialist, Rupantor NGO Vitalis Torwel and Amos Jev Peace Journalism, Counterterrorism and Global Security Benue State University & Taraba State University 15:30 -15:45 Tea break 15:45-17:00. Parallel sessions 5 and 6

AKM Mahmudul Haque Local Environmental Governance and Sustainable Parallel session University of Rajshahi, Development in Bangladesh: Challenges and Strategies 5: Peace, Conflict Bangladesh and Leopold Nangorgo Yeo Conflict Management, Governance and Sustainable Development Consultant/CEO/FOUNDER, Development: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa chez C I N E D. Expertises & (Room 1) Consulting John Buchanan and Lindsay SDG 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and Chair: Ramesh Mell Associated Links with SDG 4, Quality Education in Shrestha, University of Technology, Australian and International Contexts Peace Studies, Sydney UNE Debasish Nandy Can Conflict and Development Co-exist? The South Asian Kazi Nazrul University India Question

Parallel 6: Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko Women’s Role in Countering Violent Extremism in Gender and Federal University Lafia, Northern Nigeria Peacebuilding Nigeria Biswanath Chakraborty Peace, Inclusive Governance and the Question of Women (Room 2) Rabindra Bharati University Empowerment: A Case Study of West Bengal Kolkata, India Chair: Johanna Stella Nwamaka Men Never Listen: Socio-Cultural Problems on Women’s Garnett, University of New England Participation in Governance in North-Central (the Federal Peace Studies, Capital Territory), Nigeria UNE Md Mahbub Alam Prodip Institutional Barriers to Women’s Political Empowerment University of New England in India and Bangladesh

Lenka Olejnikova Data Validity of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and its University of New South Implications Wales, Australia

Day 3: Friday, 14 February 2020

09:30 – 11:00 Parallel sessions 1 and 2

Asma Rashid Afghanistan Crisis: A Roadmap Towards Peace Parallel session 1: International Islamic University, Intractable conflicts Pakistan and peace Vijay Kumar Bharty India-Pakistan Relations in Between Peace and processes Kazi Nazrul University India Conflict: In Search of Reality

(Room 1) Muhammad Sazzad Hossain Hybrid Peace: Examining the Role of Siddiqui Infrastructures for Peace, Indigeneity and Chair: Stella University of Dhaka & University of Positive Peace in the Post-Conflict Chittagong Hill Nwamaka, New England Tracts, Bangladesh Peace Studies, UNE Ezendu Ejike ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture (EPSA): University of New England From a Normative Text to Pragmatism

Parallel session 2: Roy Tamashiro Memory, healing Webster University Facing Unbearable Memories and Unreconciled empowerment and USA Historical Pasts: The Healing Power of Oral peacebuilding History Testimonies

(Room 2) Janine Joyce The Story Carrier, the Witness Bearer and the Charles Darwin University, Middle Path Chair: Ejike Ezendu, Australia Peace Studies, UNE Obasesam Okoi Empowerment and Disempowerment in Post- University of Manitoba Conflict Peacebuilding Processes in Nigeria’s Oil Region

Pamelia Khaled Peace and Conflict Resolution in Bangladesh University of Toronto Through Science Pedagogy 11:00-11:30 Tea break 11:30 – 13:00 Closing panel Gem Romuld Abolishing Nuclear Weapons One Hundred International Campaign to Abolish Seconds to Midnight Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - Perspectives from Tilman Ruff Current Evidence on the Consequences of Nuclear Wonks and Activists International Campaign to Abolish War Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) (Room 1) John Hallam The Nuclear Threat Chair: Frank UN Nuclear Weapons Hutchinson, IPRA; Disarmament Campaigner, Human Survival People for , Project Human Survival Project, Australian Coordinator Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

13:00-13:30 Closing session

Day 4: Saturday, 15 February 2020

09:15 Aboriginal Cultural Tour of Sydney Harbour (Me-Mel Island Experience) Departure 09:55 from Circular Quay, Wharf 6

Location and other details of the tour can be found here: https://www.myfastferry.com.au/attractions/me-mel-island-experience- aboriginal-guided-tour/

If you haven’t registered for this, you may still be able do your own booking via the tour website.