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29th December 2025

“The revolution might be a start … ” – gender norm change am...

Henri Myrttinen, Lal Rin Sangi
Calls for more gender-equitable and inclusive norms were a key feature of many of the protests against the 2021 coup in Myanmar. To what extent has th...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Migration Gender Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

24th December 2025

Huge online scam operations are flourishing in war-torn Myan...

Xu Peng
South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operation...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Organised Crime Borderlands

Event

21st January 2026

Digging an ever-deeper hole: climate change and water manage...

Join us on 21 January 2026 for a virtual panel discussion on Afghanistan’s escalating water crisis and its implications for rural livelihoods, migrati...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Iran Afghanistan Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Climate Change

Blog

15th August 2025

New funding opportunities from XCEPT 

We’re excited to announce a new round of funding calls from XCEPT .
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Conflict Response Conflict Economies Climate Change Borderlands

Briefing paper

24th July 2025

Healthcare access challenges among Myanmar refugees in India

Sneha Krishnan, Mary L Songate, Sweta Sen, Lalchhanhima
Refugee women face financial and logistical barriers to healthcare access, further compounding the extensive challenges they already face.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar India Migration Gender Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

24th June 2025

Working in fragile and conflict-affected border areas

Nathan Shea, Tabea Campbell Pauli
Key findings for policymakers and practitioners from seven years of the XCEPT Local Research Network.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

26th June 2025

Webinar – Localising conflict research: lessons from XCEPT

This XCEPT webinar explored practical approaches to supporting locally led research in conflict settings.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

16th June 2025

Understanding conflict through satellite imagery

David Mansfield
Satellite imagery is vital to better understanding the reasons for conflict and identifying the best policy options.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Iran Afghanistan

Article

2nd June 2025

Myanmar’s Northern Borderlands: the humanitarian aid crisis ...

Dan Seng Lawn, Tabea Campbell Pauli, Naruemol Tuenpakdee, Hkawng Yang Madang
Kachin State, along Myanmar’s border with China, is experiencing high levels of conflict since the military-led takeover of government in February 202...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Migration

Article

16th May 2025

Field notes: the uncertain shores of Bhasanchar

Al Muktadir Elahi Esmam, Nafisa Tabassum
While working on the development of a Model Law for Refugees in Bangladesh, the research team at the Centre for Peace and Justice conducted extensive ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

24th June 2025

XCEPT Conference 2025 – Beyond borders: conflict responses i...

Held in London on 24-25 June, the XCEPT Conference 2025 brought together local and international experts and policymakers to explore the evolving regi...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Transnational Flows Climate Change Borderlands

Article

1st April 2025

Isolating Peace Talks from a Complex Neighborhood: The US-Ta...

Kristian Berg Harpviken
The US-Taliban negotiations in 2018-20 took place without a formal mediator, nor did it involve Afghanistan’s official government or any of its neighb...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Governance Conflict Dynamics

Research report

31st March 2025

Why and How We Wrote a Model Law for Refugees in Bangladesh ...

Samira Manzur, Nafisa Tabassum, Al Muktadir Elahi Esmam, M Sanjeeb Hossain
Years of research on the experiences and perspectives of Rohingya communities in Cox’s Bazar, drawing attention to governance challenges and the need ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Fragilities and dispossession in the climate-affected border...

Tasnia Khandaker Prova, Era Robbani, Humuan Kabir
This policy brief accompanies the paper “We no longer know of the peace we once had”.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Migration Governance

Research report

31st March 2025

 “We no longer know of the peace we once had”: fragilities a...

Tasnia Khandaker Prova, Era Robbani, Humuan Kabir, Era Robbani, Humaun Kabir
Bangladesh faces huge climate challenges with increasingly frequent and extreme weather events which intersect in complex ways with social and politic...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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