The project envisages breaking new ground by exploring the interface between governance and conflict. This will be examined through a combination of fieldwork and statistical analysis leading to theory building.Its objectives are:

• Analyse how increasingly globally articulated and networked norms, rules and policies of governance are transforming and affecting conflicts today;
• Map a select set of current governance programmes and actors that are set up to address conflicts of each study and analyse the discourses of the governance initiatives, their underpinned principles and social goals;
• Form a methodological framework for field analysis of governance initiatives implemented in societies of long-term conflict;
• The arena of governance will be mapped through the state of democratic institutions, management of resources, human rights, rule of law, policing and civil society in selected conflict areas across India and Europe.
• Improve the knowledge and understanding of the cultural dynamics of current governance practices in India and Europe;
• Assess the effect and impact of governance initiatives on conflicts where issues of identity mobilization and minority rights are prominent;
• Make a significant contribution to basic research on global politics, conflict resolution and governance through improving the theoretical and methodological basis for analyzing and assessing the political and social impact of governance initiatives.

India (case studies from Kashmir, Bihar, North East India) and the European Union (case studies from Bosnia, Cyprus and Georgia)

• Two large international conferences: International Conference India, International Conference Europe;
• Convening workshops and organizing meetings;
• Scholarly article on re-conceptualizing global governance based on new findings;
• Scholarly article on the Indian governance agenda;
• Scholarly article on the European governance agenda;
• Report on regimes of global governance, Europe & India.

The core project will result in a variety of outputs, including a report series addressed for EU and India policy-makers and the wider public;

• A database mapping key governance initiatives,
• Scientific articles and working papers for the research community;
• Several Policy reports, a published project publication; and
• A high profile web forum for enhanced communication between researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and the wider public.
• CORE Book

2011-2013

European Commission (Chief Funder), Coordinating Consortium Partner: The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)