Owen Frazer

Senior Advisor Conflict Transformation @Helvetas. Formerly @BerghofFnd, @CSS_Zurich & @ICRC. Tweeting on conflict, development and how we can all get along.

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

This very good thread could be applied to international engagement in a lot of places... delete "Ukraine" and add in the place of your choice.

The difference is that Ukraine, confident it has backing from big Western donors, has been firmer at calling the internationals out.

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

@devcomms @iddbirmingham @kaveri_med @SussexDev This is a huge honour. Thank you to the prize committee and to all who supported me on my PhD journey, especially supervisors @jacksopb and @martin_ottmann, colleagues @iddbirmingham and @CSS_ETHZurich and all those I interviewed and contacted for advice along the way.

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

Is music the greatest thing we will ever create?

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

Important new dataset for all analysts of conflict and peace. Very excited to see this out.

[Gov Clayton @GovClayton]

The ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset is released today!

Ceasefires are a common in (almost) all intra-state conflict. But knowledge of their causes and consequences has previously been limited by the lack of suitable data. 🧵

https://t.co/rJC2ekl01w

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

https://t.co/iz8IilwMtr

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

War-making as bad parenting:

"Wars are like children –
you create one, offer scant
effort, then call it botched as the years
accrue, go off and make
a new one with somebody else.
A chance to finally get it right."

- Natalie Shapero

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

"Conflict sensitivity...should lead us to...consider whether the practices we employ genuinely incentivise the kinds of change we want to see.”

Thought-provoking read that links #conflictsensitivity to the #decolonization and #localization agendas in the aid sector.

[Saferworld @Saferworld]

How can we make sure #conflictsensitivity practices are less of a technical, box-ticking exercise & more of a political effort to address structural inequalities? Find out in this @DipDsaa article by @AlastairCarr @staraboulsi @RahmaDafeedow @TimSaferworld https://t.co/amm9OnnmgX

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

✓ "The peacemaking community don't know how important they are to the fight against climate change"
✓ "Who is going to represent nature at the table?"
✓ Inner peace is the fundamental basis for tackling climate change

Thought-provoking stuff from @SimonJAMason & @OliviaLazard

[Simon J. A. Mason @SimonJAMason]

Climate change, conflict and peacemaking: challenges are truely frightening. Thanks to @OliviaLazard for bringing some hope through the regeneration angle. @CSS_Zurich

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

@TimoStewart Thank you

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

An important thread on hate speech

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

@vmorkevicius Thank you for this thoughtful thread and a serious engagement with arguments on both sides.

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

Super interesting looking framework for analyzing polarization online.

[Helena Puig Larrauri @HelenaPuigL]

Over the past years, we've developed a framework that categorises signals of affective polarization online, which we use in our #digitalpeacebuilding programs at @howtobuildpeace

Maybe you'll find it useful too?

Summary in this thread or full read: https://t.co/CEjQYbh0cF

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

@ian_d_quick Establish clear criteria based on your personal situation. Mine: no compulsory taught courses, distance-learning, supervisor with a foot in both research and practice who is likable and interested, low fees.

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

Why is negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine so difficult and what might help? @ValerieSticher cuts to the heart of the matter with this excellent piece 👏

[Valerie Sticher @ValerieSticher]

Zelensky is an incredibly effective wartime leader. But mobilizing for peace may pose a more formidable challenge than mobilizing for war.

My thoughts on a 🇺🇦🇷🇺 settlement in @PVGlance, based on @Journal_of_GSS article on https://t.co/qbXedCLSeB @UCIGCC

https://t.co/YGvvWypvAL

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

This new book on #AdaptiveMediation promises helpful insights on the practicalities of putting local ownership and sustainability at the centre of peacemaking.

And it is #openaccess, so free to download!

[Cedric de Coning @CedricdeConing]

This is a thread about our new book #AdaptiveMediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria, edited with Ako Muto & Rui Saraiva of JICA ➡️https://t.co/5n72Ar7kQX #OpenAccess @Palgrave @SpringerNature #SDG series

[Gov Clayton @GovClayton]

Over the past 10 years, I have read 100+ books on negotiation and communication.

Truth is, 90% of them were a waste of time.

So if you want to upgrade your communication, let me save you the effort.

Here's 9 books that will change your life 🧵👇

[ICRC @ICRC]

We’ve received thousands of questions on the Geneva Conventions.

So, we’re going to break down the rules of war you need to know right now.

All states have signed these – and are legally obligated to follow them.

Thread 👇

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

@GovClayton There is never enough time

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

What's the one thing you can change about how you interact with the world that would improve the quality of your life? Asking for a friend.

[Owen Frazer @ofrazer]

Important argument for how we should think about extremism. Key implication: stop treating extremism as a pathology or a mindset. Engagement in extreme violence can be explained by conventional explanations for violence: fear, enemy images and defence of a way of life.

[Jonathan Leader Maynard @jleadermaynard]

What is Extremism?

Not what we're usually told. For a summary of some of my relevant research on this, check out the video of my 'Rethinking Extremism' talk at @LMU_Muenchen on 11 Feb 2022.

Perhaps an apt day to release this given #RussiaUkraineCrisis
https://t.co/zOIU5UmSOZ