3 ISP Network Conference: Institutional Reforms in Post

3rd ISP Network Conference: Institutional Reforms in Post-war and
Divided Societies – Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Geneva, 27-28 May 2014
Program
Conference Day I
10:00-10:30 Arrival and Coffee
10:30 Welcome note
10:45-12:30 First Panel: Institutional reforms in divided societies
Chair: Nadine Ansorg
Discussant: Susanne Buckley-Zistel

Sabine Kurtenbach: The Challenges of Institutional Reforms in the
Midst of War
20 Min.

Artak Galyan: Political Institutions and Political Violence in Divided
Societies: towards a Conjunctural Institutional Theory
20 Min.

Matthias Basedau: Does the Success of Institutional Reform Depend on
the Depth of Divisions? A Study on 34 African Countries
20 Min.

John Laidlaw Grey: Security Sector Reform, Ethnic Representation and
Perceptions of Safety: Evidence from Kosovo
20 Min.
Discussion
25 Min.
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Second Panel: Long-term effects of institutional reform
Chair: Oliver Jütersonke
Discussant: Susanna Campbell

Gerald Schneider: Making it better or worse? Institutional reform in
divided societies
20 Min

Esteban Ramirez Gonzalez: Armed Groups, Governance and State
Building: A Comparative Perspective from 19th Century Mexico
20 Min.

Julia Strasheim: The Polity, Policy and Politics of Interim Governments
and their Impact on Post-Interim Peace
20 Min.

Roland Schmidt: When We All Know When It Is Going to End: The
Impact of Sunset Clauses on Power-Sharing Agreements in PostConflict Societies
20 Min.
Discussion
40 Min.
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:15-18:15 Keynote speech
Donald L. Horowitz: Power Sharing: New Evidence on Two Approaches
18:15 End of program day I
19:30 Conference dinner
Conference Day II
10:00-12:00 Third Panel: Economy and institutional reform
Chair: Andreas Mehler
Discussant: Matthijs Bogaards

Brian Ganson and Achim Wennmann: Business and institutional reform
in hybrid political orders
20 Min

Caroline A. Hartzell: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Economic Power Sharing and
Post-Conflict Power Relations
20 Min.

Sergio Gemperle: Anti-Corruption Agencies in Post-Conflict Contexts.
An Analytical Framework
20 Min.
Discussion
40 Min.
12:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Fourth Panel: Institutional reform and peacebuilding
Chair: Sabine Kurtenbach
Discussant: Keith Krause

Nadine Ansorg, Felix Haaß, and Julia Strasheim: Provisions for Police
Reform in Peace Agreements
20 Min.

Susanna P. Campbell: International Intervention and Informal
Governance
20 Min.

Phil Clark: Clashes between International and Domestic Reformers:
Assessing Post-Atrocity Justice Sectors in the African Great Lakes
20 Min.

Karly Kupferberg and Stefan Wolff: Sudan: “Successful” Constitutional
Reform Spurs Localized Violence
20 Min.
Discussion
16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:15 Open Marketplace
17:15 Conclusion and Farewell
20:00 Conference dinner
40 Min.

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