2025 Conference in Sarajevo Media Reporting

On September 19–20, 2025, the conference "Intergroup Norms after Violent Conflict: Insights from Research and Practice" was held at the University of Sarajevo. 

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Credit: Ajla Čaušević

The conference brought together researchers and practitioners who study, design, and/or implement interventions to improve interethnic norms after violent conflict and who seek to understand the origins and effects of intergroup norms. It included panels comprised of scholars and practitioners that focused on the theoretical insights into the causes and consequences of intergroup norms, the conditions under which elites construct norms of cooperation and toleration, the role of peacebuilding networks and civil society groups in working with influential actors to improve intergroup norms, and the influence of macro-level national and international actors and institutions on intergroup norms after violent conflict. 

The following are several media articles about the conference: 

  • "Global Scholars Network on Identity and Conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Balkan Diskurs
  • "Harvard Professor on post-conflict Society in BiH: People Want Peace, Politicians Maintain Tensions" in Sarajevo Times
    • "Profesorica s Harvarda o postkonfliktnom društvu u BiH: Ljudi žele mir, političari održavaju tenzije" in Federalna
  • "Završena međunarodna konferencija o postkonfliktnim društvima" in Federalna
  • "Akademici i praktičari zajedno za mir u postkonfliktnim društvima" in Federalna and Vijesti

 

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Credit all images: Ajla Čaušević

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