ICTs and Conflict Actors: The Effect of Conflict Actors' Use of ICTs on Dialogue and Peace Processes

信息通信技术与冲突参与者：冲突参与者使用信息通信技术对对话与和平进程的影响

• 批准号: 2889693
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2889693
• 关键词: ICTs; Conflict; Actors; Effect; Use

My PhD project will focus on the effect of conflict actors usingInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in dialogue orpeace processes. ICTs have steadily been on the rise in conflictcontexts and consequently in peacebuilding efforts in recentdecades. Overall, the perspective is clear that the very nature ofconflict and consequently of the peacebuilding field istransforming towards a virtual space. Currently, academics andpractitioners have debated over the role that ICTs can and shouldplay in conflict and subsequently peacebuilding contexts. Theessential question now is firstly how ICTs matter, secondly when,and thirdly for whom. After reviewing the wealth of literature onICTs it became evident that there is a clear lack of empiricalevidence regarding the effect that ICTs might have when used byconflict actors in dialogue and peace processes and how thesetools might shape the outcome. Furthermore, there is a gap in thein-depth analysis of the ways that certain conflict actors use ICTswithin their conflict contexts. My PhD research project seeks tounderstand whether there is an effect of conflict actors' use of ICTson the outcome of dialogue or peace processes, and if so, underwhich conditions? By analyzing the use of ICTs by conflict actorsand its influence on these processes, my PhD can contribute to thishighly relevant field of study and my empirical findings will be ofpractical importance to both policymakers and practitioners on theground.

我的博士学位项目将着重于对话过程中使用信息和通信技术（ICT）的冲突参与者的影响。 ICT在冲突上稳步上升，因此在最近的时间里建设和平的工作。总体而言，这种观点很清楚地表明，建立和平领域的性质和建设和平领域的本质逐渐向虚拟空间转移。目前，学者和培训人员就ICT在冲突和随后建立和平的环境中可以并且应该扮演的角色进行了辩论。现在的问题首先是ICT的重要性，其次是何时又是谁。在回顾了文学丰富的财富之后，很明显，对于ICT在对话与和平过程中使用时，明显缺乏经验证明，以及该estools在对话与和平过程中的影响以及该estools如何影响结果。此外，对某些冲突参与者使用ICTSWITHIN的冲突环境的方式的深入分析存在差距。我的博士研究项目寻求Tounderstand是否存在冲突行为者对Ictson的对话或和平进程的结果，如果是的，则条件不足？通过分析冲突参与者对ICT的使用及其对这些过程的影响，我的博士学位可以为这一高度相关的研究领域做出贡献，而我的经验发现对于政策制定者和实践者都非常重要。