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Date: Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:41 AM<br>Subject: Engaged Economists Writing About Conflict<br>To: "<a href="mailto:beek@epseu.org">beek@epseu.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:beek@epseu.org">beek@epseu.org</a>><br>
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<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Engaged Economists Writing About Conflict</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The U.S. Institute of Peace, Economists for Peace & Security, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute are partnering together to provide weekly blogs written by leading peace economists. �These blogs will discuss issues that are pressing and relevant to the policy, practice and theory of economics and development in conflict and crisis-affected contexts. Hosted here on USIP�s International Network for Economics and Conflict and cross-posted by SIPRI, the blogs aim to move research forward and promote global discussion and shared learning on economic aspects of peace and security. �Covering issues from piracy to food security, and extractive industries to entrepreneurship, these blogs will be concise, research-based resources for those working to change the situation of the more than 1.5 billion people living in conflict-affected and fragile states. �We encourage you to participate in our venture by posting comments and questions for our expert authors.</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Semi-Annual Bloggers Include:</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Hamid E. Ali, The American University in Cairo</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Jurgen Brauer, Georgia Regents University</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Tilman Br�ck, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Michael Brzoska, University of Hamburg</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Olaf De Groot, Deutsches Institut f�r Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Michele di Maio, University of Naples "Parthenope"</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Paul Dunne, University of Cape Town</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Sami Faltas, University of Groningen</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Nathan Fiala, University of California, Irvine</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Thomas Edward Flores, George Mason University</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Partha Gangopadhyay, University of Western Sydney</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Ana Mar�a Ib��ez Londo�o, Universidad de los Andes</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Patricia Justino, University of Sussex</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Esteban Klor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Jean-Fran�ois Maystadt, International Food Policy Research Institute</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Jan Pronk, Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Dominic Rohner, University of York</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Gabriela Guerrero Serdan, Royal Holloway College, University of London</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Anja Shortland, Brunel University</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Elisabeth Sk�ns, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</font></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Michael Spagat, Royal Holloway College, University of London</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Anoop Swarup, Shobhit University</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Juan F. Vargas, University of Rosario</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Philip Verwimp, Free University of Brussels</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">�</font></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">*Each blog post and comment posted on the blog represents the views of the author and not necessarily that of USIP, a non-partisan, congressionally-funded organization that does not advocate for policy positions.</font></div>
</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Links</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://inec.usip.org/content/engaged-economists-writing-about-conflict" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://inec.usip.org/content/engaged-economists-writing-about-conflict" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://inec.usip.org/content/engaged-economists-writing-about-conflict" target="_blank">http://inec.usip.org/content/engaged-economists-writing-about-conflict</a></div>
<div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://inec.usip.org/blog/2013/jul/10/can-un-troops-influence-economic-development-case-south-sudan" target="_blank">http://inec.usip.org/blog/2013/jul/10/can-un-troops-influence-economic-development-case-south-sudan</a></div>
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