International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV)  

Hana Oberpfalzerová, Johannes Ullrich, Hynek Jerábek

Is transitional truth-telling more beneficial to reconciliation than remaining silent about past crimes? The aim of this article is to contribute to the debate by exploring the impact of “My Story,” an NGO initiative that uses multiethnic storytelling by ... see more

Babatunde F. Obamamoye

There is a considerable evidence showing that many states in the Global South are very weak, and therefore struggle to carry out basic responsibilities of statehood. While a handful of studies have examined problems associated with state weakness, there i... see more

Jean Pierre Misago

What triggers xenophobic violence in South Africa? By answering this deceivingly simple but critical question, this paper highlights an often-missed empirical factor and key element in the xenophobic violence causal chain: mobilization. Drawing from exten... see more

Sarah Marsden

Suman Nath, Subhoprotim Roy Chowdhury

This article explores ethnographically the manufacturing of religious polarisation and violence in West Bengal, India. Since 2014, India has experienced a rise in religion-based identity conflict. Although West Bengal experienced riots during the partitio... see more

Sebastian Kurtenbach, Abdul Rauf

Youth violence remains a concern in Germany, particularly in specific “risky” neighborhoods that tend to be socially segregated and ethnically diverse. In this paper we critically compare the results of twenty-seven qualitative interviews conducted in thr... see more

Tekin Köse, Cansu Oymak

Terrorism has the potential to affect population health through various pathways. Since the literature mostly analyzes tangible economic costs, there is dearth of evidence on health effects of terrorism. In an effort to address that gap, this article expl... see more

Uwe Harlacher, Peter Polatin, Sopheap Taing, Pich Phana, Phaneth Sok, Chim Sothera

Based on the hypothesis that pain is a stand-alone problem, not just a symptom of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the effect of group psycho-education (“pain school”) for survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime with pain-PTSD comorbidity was tested in ... see more

Christian Taylor, Tanner Semmelrock, Alexandra McDermott

This study investigates defections from the Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia. Thirty-two disengaged Al-Shabaab combatants were interviewed about their motivations, grievances, needs, and challenges in relation to the recruitment, defection, and post-defec... see more

Emanuela Mangiarotti

Communalism permeates the political, academic, media and everyday discourse in and about India. As a dominant interpretive framework, it expresses a particular politics of interfaith relations that normalises socio-political conflicts and violence interse... see more

Nelson Arteaga-Botello, Claudio A. Dávila-Cervantes, Ana M. Pardo-Montaño

This article focuses on the spatial autocorrelation of homicidal violence and the presence of groups that have the capacity to exercise sovereignty. These actors possess necro-power and operate sometimes within, sometimes outside the framework of the law.... see more