James Barnett

I am a doctoral candidate in Politics at Somerville College studying conflict and political transitions in post-colonial Africa. My project examines the political roots of insecurity in Nigeria since the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999. This research draws on fieldwork conducted across each of Nigeria’s six sub-national regions, with a focus on four distinct yet interrelated conflicts: rural banditry, the jihadist Boko Haram insurgency, the Niger Delta “petro-insurgency,” and Biafran separatism.

Rebuilding From the Rubble Yet Again: Whither the Fourth Phase of Palestinian Collective Action?

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Beshara Doumani is the Mahmoud Darwish Chair for Palestinian Studies at Brown University. His research focuses on the social histories of peoples, places, and time periods marginalized by mainstream scholarship on the early modern and modern Middle East. He also writes on academic freedom, the politics and ethics of knowledge production, and the Palestinian condition. His books include Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, and Family Life in the Ottoman Mediterranean: A Social History.

Meaningful Impact Measurement

The Insights for Action seminar series explores how researchers and practitioners within and beyond Oxford are using research insights to drive social change.

In this seminar we will discuss how we can ensure impact measurement is useful and meaningful for the individuals, organisations, and communities at the heart of social change, drawing on the experience of The Old Fire Station, a a centre for creativity in Oxford housing two organisations: the homelessness charity Crisis and Arts at the Old Fire Station (AOFS).
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