The Conflict in South Sudan

This seminar will take a closer look at the current situation in South Sudan, the social identities that are underlying the separation of South Sudan from Sudan, and the psychological consequenses of the ongoing conflict in the country.

Welcome to the third breakfast seminar in the series PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle - organized jointly by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Department of Psychology , University of Oslo & Psychology Students Without Borders  (PUG).

PROGRAMME

08:30: Breakfast and coffee

09:00: Speakers

  • Reasearch Assistant Fanny Nicolaisen, PRIO, will present an update on the current situation in South Sudan.

  • Associate Professor Sigrun Marie Moss, UiO, will talk about social identities in Sudan, and processes before the separation of the country. Drawing on interview data from Sudan and South Sudan, she will show how respondents presented the national identity strategies of the government of Sudan, and comment on the role of social identities in South Sudan today.

  • Psychologist Kay Oxholm, Doctors Without Borders, will talk about experiences from his psychological fieldwork in 2014, and how psychologists work in the field, as well as psychological consequences of the conflict.

10:30: Questions from the audience

Published Mar. 31, 2017 11:01 AM - Last modified Mar. 31, 2017 11:01 AM