The MINDfields project is the brain child of Christian Davenport who has recruited partners in crime (Jacqueline DeMeritt, Will Moore, Ragnhild Nordas and Ernesto Verdeja) to conduct interviews with senior conflict, violence and peace scholars. The interviewees reflect on the trajectory of their research agendas during the arc of their careers, thus providing a unique perspective on conflict and peace research unavailable elsewhere.
Inspired in equal parts by Charles Tilly's concern that new generations of researchers enter the profession with limited appreciation and understanding of the intellectual past of conflict scholarship, the scholarly community's response to Tilly's passing in 2008, and the Iconoclasts series on Sundance Channel, MINDfields will continue to grow as we add interviews to this website.
Clear some time (interviews run roughly 35 to 60 minutes), get comfortable, and prepare to learn. We are confident you will enjoy these conversations. We begin with the topics of conflict (such as genocide, civil war, interstate war, civil protest, protest policing, terrorism, counter-terrorism, insurgency, counter-insurgency and everyday resistance) as well as peace (including negotiation, integration, communication) because of their continued importance in the world, as well as the increasing attention paid to these issues by scholars, activists and policymakers.
Enjoy
Christian Davenport
Jacqueline DeMeritt
Will H. Moore
Ragnhild Nordas
Ernesto Verdeja
Inspired in equal parts by Charles Tilly's concern that new generations of researchers enter the profession with limited appreciation and understanding of the intellectual past of conflict scholarship, the scholarly community's response to Tilly's passing in 2008, and the Iconoclasts series on Sundance Channel, MINDfields will continue to grow as we add interviews to this website.
Clear some time (interviews run roughly 35 to 60 minutes), get comfortable, and prepare to learn. We are confident you will enjoy these conversations. We begin with the topics of conflict (such as genocide, civil war, interstate war, civil protest, protest policing, terrorism, counter-terrorism, insurgency, counter-insurgency and everyday resistance) as well as peace (including negotiation, integration, communication) because of their continued importance in the world, as well as the increasing attention paid to these issues by scholars, activists and policymakers.
Enjoy
Christian Davenport
Jacqueline DeMeritt
Will H. Moore
Ragnhild Nordas
Ernesto Verdeja
