Doctoral Workshop:
Researching Youth in Conflict Contexts
Dr Marc Sommers
Friday 1st February @ 2-5pm pm
Room: Jubilee 135
The Centre for International Education (CIE), the Centre for Innovation and Research in
Childhood and Youth (CIRCY) and the Security and Social Justice Research Theme are coorganising a workshop for doctoral students and young researchers on the methodological,
ethical and political challenges of researching youth in conflict contexts, led by Dr. Marc
Sommers, an internationally recognized youth expert, anthropologist and a visiting
researcher with Boston University’s African Studies Center.
Dr. Sommers is the author of seven books, including Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle
for Adulthood; Islands of Education: Schooling, Civil War, and the Southern Sudanese (1983–
2004) and Fear in Bongoland: Burundi Refugees in Urban Tanzania, which received the
Margaret Mead Award in 2003.
The workshop will be open to a maximum of 20 people. If you are interested, please send a
short email to Dr Mario Novelli (m.novelli@sussex.ac.uk ) outlining your interest in the topic
and why you would like to attend.