ResilienceBuilding
Social Resilience, Gendered Dynamics, and Local Peace in Protracted Conflicts
Lankien, South Sudan. Foto: Jana Krause
- 01.10.2020–30.06.2027
About the project
For news and updates see https://resilience-building.com
The ResilienceBuilding Project focuses on the causes and consequences of civilian agency and self‑protection, community social cohesion building, and violence prevention in contexts affected by civil war, communal conflict, climate change, and international peacekeeping.
One research stream examines the gender dimensions of social resilience and peacebuilding. A second stream engages with the nexus of climate change, conflict, and peacebuilding to better understand vulnerability and the processes that support resilience. A third stream investigates the linkages between local and national peace processes and how these connections shape variations in violence against civilians and the effectiveness of peacebuilding efforts.
The research team conducts fieldwork in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Sudan. The team brings together researchers who collaboratively implement multi‑method approaches, combining in‑depth interviews and ethnographic observation with event‑data analysis, survey research, and archival work.
Publications
Buba, Imrana and Jana Krause. (2026). Civilian Militia Formation and Protection Against Rebel Violence: Evidence from Nigeria. Political Geography.
Toscano, Leonor. (2026). Women's Institutional Choices and Local Peacebuilding: Insights from Nairobi and Mombasa's Informal Settlements. Peacebuilding.
Sauter, Melanie (2024). #AidToo, or when situation permits rape: sexual violence among humanitarian aid workers. Journal of International Humanitarian Action 9(1).
Krause, Jana, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon-Rhoads (2023): Civilian Protective Agency – An Introduction. In: Krause, Jana, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon-Rhoads and Jennifer Welsh (eds): Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings. Oxford University Press. 2023.
Krause, Jana (2023): Civilian Protection Monitoring in Myanmar. In: Krause, Jana, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon-Rhoads and Jennifer Welsh (eds): Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings. Oxford University Press, 2023.
Duursma, Allard et al (2023). UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects. International Peacekeeping, published online. Co-authored by Melanie Sauter.
Buba, Imrana (2023). Civilian Protection Payment and the Escalation of Violence against Civilians in Northwestern Nigeria. Global Studies Quarterly, 3:2.
Krause, Jana and Louise Olsson (2022): Women’s Participation in Peace Processes. In MacGinty, Roger and Anthony Wanis-St.John (eds): Contemporary Peacemaking: Conflict, Violence and Peace Processes. Palgrave Macmillan.
Krause, Jana and Erin Kamler (2022): Ceasefires and Civilian Protection Monitoring in Myanmar. Global Studies Quarterly 2:1, 1-12, 2022.
Krause, Jana, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon Rhoads and Jennifer Welsh (eds). 2023. Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings. Oxford University Press.
Krause, Jana. 2018. Resilient Communities: Non-Violence and Civilian Agency in Communal War. Cambridge University Press.
Funding
Funded by the European Union (ERC, ResilienceBuilding, 852816). Views and opinions expressed are
however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect
those of the European Union or the European Research Council
Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting
authority can be held responsible for them.
Blog Posts
Krause, Jana, Louise Olsson and Debjani Banerjee: From Symbolic Presence to Real Power: 3-Day Conference Gathers Scholars and Practitioners to Rethink Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience. https://resilience-building.com/blog
Toscano, Leonor, Jana Krause and Marika Miner: Kenya’s peacebuilding efforts hold valuable lessons for the rest of the world, but gaps remain. The Conversation, 16 June 2025.
Buba, Imrana: Bandits in Nigeria: how protection payments to militias escalate conflict in the north-west. The Conversation, 15 August 2023.
Imrana Buba and Jana Krause: Security in Nigeria: Bola Tinubu will increase tension in some parts of the country and reduce it in others. The Conversation, 10 April 2023.
Imrana Buba: How Nigeria avoided organised violence during the 2023 elections. African Arguments, 6 April 2023.
Policy Briefs
Krause, Jana. 2020. Women, Peace and Security: Prevention and Resolution of Communal Conflicts. Joint Brief Series ‘New Insights on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) for the Next Decade’, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Peace Research Institute Oslo and UN Women.
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