3.5 Peace and conflict
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2021-11-22

How has the pandemic, and its related policy response, affected violence, rebellion, and conflict worldwide? How has trust and economic inequality within and between social groups and towards institutions shaped cooperation with government responses to the pandemic in fragile and conflict affected communities? In this session, distinguished economists and political scientists will explore these questions of and more on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on peace and conflict dynamics. 

The session is chaired by Patricia Justino, with presentations by Renard Sexton, Colette Salemi, Jeff Bloem, Elena Esposito and Ada González-Torres.

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