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Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa

WALTHER, RUSSELL, PFLAUM – Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa Olivier J. Walther, Steven M. Radil, David G. Russell, Matthew Pflaum, Alexander Thurston First published online: 21 Mar 2023 OECD Report DOI: 10.1787/3fc68183-en ABSTRACT: North and West Africa are undergoing rapid urbanisation. While cities and urban areas have always been sites of conflict, […]

Revolutionary Insurgents or Conservative Reactionaries? National Liberation Army’s Transnational Expansion in Colombia and Venezuela

WALTHER – Revolutionary Insurgents or Conservative Reactionaries? National Liberation Army’s Transnational Expansion in Colombia and Venezuela Juan D. Rojas, Olivier J. Walther Article first published online: 10 September 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lag.0.0182 ABSTRACT: The objective of this article is to document the spatial diffusion of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia and Venezuela. Building on a […]

Geography Colloquium: Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa

Speaker: Dr. Olivier Walther Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, September 8, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Turlington Hall 3018 University of Florida Abstract: This paper examines the role of borderlands in contemporary armed conflicts in West and North Africa. Building on a disaggregated analysis of more than 171 000 violent events, we […]

Geography Colloquium: Migration as a livelihood strategy in rural Honduras in response to emerging socio-ecological collapse

Watch on YouTube Speaker: Dr. Rebecca J. Williams Visiting Assistant Professor Center for Latin American Studies Master of Sustainable Development Practice Program Tropical Conservation and Development Program University of Florida Thursday, October 14, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Synopsis: Worldwide we are seeing the beginnings of large-scale […]

Pastoralist Violence in North and West Africa

PFLAUM – Pastoralist Violence in North and West Africa Article first published online: 13 JULY 2021 – OECD Publishing DOI: 10.1787/63dff519-en A new OECD working paper and a series of audio clips explores how pastoralists are both perpetrators and victims of violence in North and West Africa. This paper is available in both English and French. ABSTRACT: This study examines […]

Geography Colloquium: Spatial and temporal evolution of political violence and pastoralists in North and West Africa

Speaker: Matthew Pflaum PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This presentation is based on a forthcoming OECD report about pastoralist violence in 21 North and West African nations from 1997-2020 using ACLED data. […]