CALL FOR PAPERS
"SECOND CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SECURITY, TERRORISM & ORGANISED CRIME IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: REALITIES, RISKS AND RESPONSES", 4-6 October 2007, Sarajevo
Titles of proposed papers, plus abstracts of approximately 300 words are invited no later than 31 March 2007.
The HUMSEC project, invites suggestions for presentations at this conference to be held in Sarajevo, 4-6 October 2007. The working language of the conference will be English and all presentations/papers will be in English. Suggestions received by 31
March 2007 will enjoy priority consideration by a conference-planning group in Podgorica in late April. Applicants will be contacted (by email) with a response, and possibly with a suggestion for fine-tuning. Submissions received later may be considered, depending on the fullness of the conference programme by that time.
Please study the Conference Themes, then follow the Submission Procedure below.
CONFERENCE THEMES
The second conference of the HUMSEC project focuses on the multiple interactions among transnational illegal organizations, state institutions, and the civil society in the Balkan region, and how these influence post-conflict capacity building. Contributions by regional experts, comparativists and theory-oriented social scientists, as well as governmental and non-governmental practitioners are particularly welcome.
Presentations may cover one or more of the following:
Thematic Bloc 1: The Rise and Demise of Transnational Terrorist and Criminal Organizations
1.1 The emergence and proliferation of transnational terrorist and criminal organzations
1.2 The role of external actors in the Balkan region
1.3 Political and economic agendas of non-state violent actors: Greed, grievance, or both?
1.4 Deconstructing and reconstructing designations: "terrorism", "organized crime", "legality", and "human security"
Thematic Bloc 2: Conflict and the Transformation of State and Society
2.1 Public and private responses to political violence and the Security Sector reform
2.2 The strategic interactions of networks, international and local actors, and the role of borderlands in post-conflict societies
2.3 Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflicting agendas in counter-terrorism and counter-crime policies
2.4 Legitimacy, efficiency, and implementation gaps in post-conflict capacity building
Thematic Bloc 3: Strategies of Repoliticization and Reintegration of Conflict Actors
3.1 Mechanisms of actors´ transformation during and after conflict settlement
3.2 Incentives to prevent conflict actors from becoming spoilers to the peacebuiding process
3.3 The dynamics of institutional inclusion and exclusion of conflict actors
3.4 Unintended Consequences of counter-crime and counter-terror strategies.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Each presentation at the conference will be in English language and will be expected to take 15-20 minutes, before discussion. Please submit your suggestion for a presentation by using the online form. You may submit one or two proposals. It is unlikely that two presentations would be accepted from the same person or institution, however you may wish to offer alterna-tives. If wishing to submit two
proposals, please make two separate submissions.
This call is issued on behalf of the project coordinator and the members of the HUMSEC 2 group.
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (HUMSEC 2 coordinator),
Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights,
University of Montenegro,
University of Sarajevo,
University of Graz,
University of Shkoder Luigj Gurakuqi.
