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Academic shares unarmed peacekeeping expertise at German Parliament
Dr Julian’s presentation, along with those by Tiffany Eastholm from Nonviolent Peaceforce and Alexander Hug from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was televised on the German Parliament Channel on Tuesday 15 March.
The hearing, taking place at the Bundestag, the national Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, aimed to collect evidence on unarmed civilian peacekeeping and how it could contribute to civilian crisis management. Dr Julian was invited to speak at the hearing by Dr Franziska Brantner, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Management and Integrated Action: a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag.
Dr Julian has been studying, writing and presenting on unarmed civilian peacekeeping for 14 years. In March 2016, she was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grant to work with local unarmed civilian peacekeeping partners and people in Myanmar to understand how local understanding of conflict and violence impacts on unarmed civilian peacekeeping interventions. She is hosting the first international research network workshop on unarmed civilian peacekeeping in July 2016 in Leeds, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.