Conference Proceedings Available for Download
Proceedings of the International Conference on Political Transition, Nonviolence and Communication in Conflict Transformation (PNC2017) collects papers from the conference held in Pattani, Thailand on January 24-26, 2017. The book presents state-of-the-art studies on conflict transformation.
The proceedings is now freely available to download. The publication will be published in online on PNC official website for download until the end of 2018.
Background
The violent conflict in Thailand's Deep South has become a systemic phenomenon emerging from a host of interrelated factors. Thus, the conflict cannot be fully comprehended by its constituent parts, but has to be considered as a whole. Like many other conflict areas, a combination of socioeconomic, cultural and political factors have led to the protracted and dynamic conflicts. In-depth academic and comparative studies are required to identify reasonable solutions.
Throughout the decade of violence in Thailand's southern border provinces, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani has engaged in attempts to bring about a peaceful settlement through scholarship; a critical arena for promoting communication and a common understanding among concerned parties and stakeholders. Non-violence and political transition are the essence of peace processes and academia has much to contribute through thoughtful engagement.
In August 2014, a network of faculties and institutions at PSU Pattani worked hand in hand to organise the “International Conference on Communication, Conflicts and Peace Processes: Landscapes of Knowledge from Asia and the Deep South of Thailand (CCPP)”. It was the first international academic conference in humanities and social science ever to be organised in this conflict region since 2004. It proved that an international conference could take place in a region still considered by some peace experts to be under an ongoing 'armed conflict.'
On 30 September 2015, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani together with other universities in the Deep South and Southeast Asia organised another International Conference entitled, “TriPEACE via ASEAN Muslim Societies: Muslim Societies, Knowledge, and Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia”. The conference inaugurated academic partnerships between universities in the Philippines' Mindanao and Aceh in Indonesia, thereby establishing and affirming the significance of a regional network to promote peace in the Southeast Asia region through collaboration and exchange.
Now, even though the peace dialogue between the Thai government and MARA Patani has run into difficulties in the context of national political uncertainty, the academic and civil society peace fields are becoming ever more robust. There has never been a more appropriate time to be assertive about peace and the politicisation of violent conflict in the region. Academic partnership within Prince of Songkla University continues via the international conference on ‘Political Transition, Non-Violence and Communication in Conflict Transformation’. The conference will act as an academic common space to engage and inspire participants and to explore solutions amidst a climate of indeterminate politics now and beyond.
Live Broadcasting | PNC2017 | 24-27 January 2017 - Pattani, Thailand.
PNC2017 Academic Committee
Anders Engvall, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Andrea Katalin Molnar, Ph.D.
- Professor, Northern Illinois University, U.S.A.
Bussabong Chaicharoenwattana, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Chalisa Magpanthong, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Bangkok University International College, Thailand
Chantana Wungaeo, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Duang-kamol Chartprasert, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Duncan McCargo
- Professor, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Elin Bjarnegård, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Erik Melander, Ph.D.
- Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Jaran Maluleem, Ph.D.
- Professor, Thammasat University, Thailand
Kusuma Kooyai, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
MD Mahbubul Haque, Ph.D.
- Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Mike Hayes, Ph.D.
- Lecturer, Mahidol University, Thailand
Norbert Ropers, Ph.D.
- Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
- Berghof Foundation, Germany
Patrick Barron, Ph.D.
- Regional Director, Conflict and Development, The Asia Foundation
Phirakan Kai-nunna, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Samart Thongfhua, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Srisompob Jitpiromsri, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Stein Tønnesson, Ph.D.
- Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Suchart Setthamalinee, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Payap University, Thailand
Ubonrat Siriyuvasak, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Walakkamol Changkamol, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Wichai Karnjanasuwan, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
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