Who we are

The Politics After War Network (PAW-Network) is a research network for collaborative activities and knowledge sharing among researchers and practitioners interested in rebel group political transformation, the politics of DDR, post-war governance, state-building and peacebuilding. The network works closely with practitioners and policy makers providing evidence-based knowledge in our expert areas.

For more information, visit here. Click here for members’ areas of expertise.

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New Practitioner Report now available: Negotiating the Political Integration of Armed Groups in an Era of New Conflict Patterns and Changing Peacemaking Practices. Co-published by PAW, Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Berghof Foundation. More details here.

Network Events June 2023, York

Research Workshop: Politics After War – New Research Avenues and Future Questions

Network Events June 2022, New York

PAW Blog: The MILF and the 2022 elections in the Philippines: The end of the revolution or politics as usual? 

Blog May 2022

Seminars (with FBA and UN DPO/OROLSI/DDR Section) on From Armed to Non-Armed Politics: Political Dynamics of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration

Network Events Policy Dialogue November – December 2020, virtual

Workshop: Reexamining Dilemmas of Peacebuilding in the Era of Trump and COVID

Network Events September 2020, virtual

PAW-Section at the ECPR General Conference

Network Events September 2019

PAW-Panel and Workshop at the 2019 IAGS Conference

Network Events July 2019

PAW-Panel at the ECAS 2019 Conference

Network Events June 2019

PAW & Folke Bernadotte Academy Workshop

Network Events April 2019, Stockholm

2018 Frankson Johnson Goodnow Award

Member News September 2018

PAW-Panel at the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 

Network Events September 2018

         To read more about the recent works and activities, visit here.