In post-conflict reconstruction settings, the factual mass media can be an important tool to develop civil solidarity and facilitate civil repair and ultimately, the emergence of a strong civil society. To do so, it is necessary to provide communicative spaces in which the historical, cultural and political circumstances that have engendered conflict are openly recognised and the recognition is used to discuss, agree, establish and built upon ‘new’ civil norms. Civil norm-building and civil repair are understood in terms of the factual media’s contribution to a solidarising civil society with institutions that generate social criticism, democratic integration, civility, justice, reciprocity and mutual respect. In other words, that create the circumstances for reconciliation and (often difficult) forgiveness.
CFOM’s research in this area aims to help establish conflict-specific civil norms and to examine whether there are universal criteria for understanding the distinction of ‘good and bad media practice’ in terms of the similarities and particularities of diverse post-conflict settings.
Currently funded research projects:
- ‘Building an African media network with the African Media Initiative’, HEFCE/GCRF (2018).
- An interdisciplinary collaboration with Pontifical University Javeriana with a strand on the role of media in post-conflict contexts (Colombia) (2018).
- ESRC Collaborative PhD studentship with Fondation Hirondelle: ‘UN Peacekeeping missions: the contested role of UN Media in post-conflict reconstruction contexts. A case study of Democratic Republic of Congo’ (2018-2021).
Research Publications:
- Pukallus, S. (2016) Representations of European Citizenship, London: Palgrave.
- Pukallus, S. papers presented at the European Consortium for Political Research conference in Prague, September 2016: ‘The European Commission’s turn to deliberation as public debate in times of crisis and its attendant conceptions of the European public (1992-2009)’ and ‘The European Commission: Contingency and Citizenship 1951-2016’
- Tsagourias N. (2015) Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace, (with Dr Buchan), Elgar
- Tsagourias N. (2015) ‘Self-defence, protection of humanitarian values, and the doctrine of impartiality and neutrality in enforcement mandates’ in Marc Weller (ed) The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law (OUP), pp.398-416.
- Tsagourias N. ‘The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare: A Commentary on Chapter II—The Use of Force’ 15 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (2014), pp. 19-43.
- Tsagourias N. (2013) Collective Security: Law, Theory and Practice, (with Professor Nigel White), Cambridge University Press
- Tsagourias, N. (2006), ‘Consent, Neutrality/Impartiality and the use of Force in Peacekeeping: Their Constitutional Role’ in Journal of Conflict and Security Law, pp. 465-484.
- Tsagourias N. (2000) Jurisprudence of International Law: The Humanitarian Dimension, Melland Schill Studies in International Law, Manchester, Manchester University Press