{"id":9,"date":"2023-08-27T05:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T04:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raphaeldavis.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:08:52","slug":"academic-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/academic-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I look forward to sharing insights from my academic research and explorations in this field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This study focuses on farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria and examines how collaboration among peacebuilding stakeholders impacts long-term peace. The research begins by building a newly geocoded dataset of NGO registrations in Nigeria, dating back to before the transition to democracy in 1999, and incorporating ACLED data on violence across states. Using GIS regression, it explores the relationship between violence and the emergence of civil society organizations. The study then moves to a qualitative analysis, drawing on 180 interviews with peacebuilders from formal and informal civil society organizations, traditional leaders, and conflict-affected communities to address three key questions: How does violence influence the creation of formal civil society organizations? Under what conditions do these organizations choose to cooperate rather than compete? And how does the structure of their collaboration affect peace over time? This work is supported by various fellowships and grants, including the West African Research Association Pre Doctoral Fellowship, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowship, the Armed Conflict and\u00a0 Im\/mobility Grant, and funding from the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State\u00a0 University<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Eric and Davis, S. Ra’phael, Should Heritage Be Preserved? Examining\u00a0 Contention Over Confederate Monument Removal (February 01, 2024). Available at SSRN:\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=4847505 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Scholars from various disciplines and legal rulings in different contexts overwhelmingly support the\u00a0 preservation of cultural heritage in its varied forms. In the twenty-first century, it has come to be\u00a0 seen as a human right. In the American context, this raises questions about instances in which\u00a0 cultural heritage icons symbolize oppression. Is such heritage also worthy of preservation? As\u00a0 American racial justice activists seek to prompt a reckoning with the country centuries of race based physical and structural violence, Confederate monuments and memorials have attracted\u00a0 considerable attention. The Southern Poverty Law Center documents over 2200 Confederate\u00a0 monuments around the United States. This chapter examines the academic and policy debates\u00a0 surrounding Confederate monument removal. While a few people argue that monuments should be\u00a0 done away with, most advocates for removal do not necessarily support the destruction of these\u00a0 heritage symbols. Instead, they argue that Confederate monuments should be moved or altered to\u00a0 educate about their racist origins. Thus, the chapter probes the limits of normative and legal\u00a0 arguments around heritage protection. While acknowledging the limitations of such an approach\u00a0 with few incentives for bipartisanship in contemporary national (and often state-level) politics, we\u00a0 argue that the transitional justice concepts of localism, participation, and holism can usefully\u00a0 inform local deliberation around Confederate monuments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Niger and the Politics of Insecurity in Encyclopedia of Local and Regional Government and Politics<\/i><\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>

Abstract: <\/strong><\/span>This chapter explores the relationship between local and regional governance structures and the\u00a0 pervasive issues of insecurity in Niger. It explores how political instability, ethnic tensions, and the\u00a0 presence of armed groups have shaped the governance landscape, challenging both traditional and\u00a0 modern political institutions. Furthermore, the chapter discusses the responses of local and\u00a0 regional governments to these challenges, highlighting efforts at peacebuilding. By situating Niger\u2019s\u00a0 insecurity within the broader context of Sahelian geopolitics, this work offers insights into the role\u00a0 of governance in either exacerbating or mitigating conflict and instability in the region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Working Better Together: How Material and Symbolic Transitional Justice Affect Post-Civil War\u00a0 Peace<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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When nations try to address past wrongs after a civil war, they often use transitional justice (TJ)\u00a0 strategies. However, there’s debate about whether these approaches, particularly truth\u00a0 commissions and memory projects (symbolic forms of TJ), help achieve lasting peace. Symbolic\u00a0 reparations, like memorials and museums, are sometimes contrasted with material reparations,\u00a0 such as land restitution and financial compensation, which aim to improve living conditions and\u00a0 economic stability. Research has generally focused on how individual TJ mechanisms or\u00a0 combinations affect renewed conflict likelihood. While this has provided valuable insights, there\u00a0 hasn\u2019t been much comparison between the effects of symbolic and material TJ on sustaining\u00a0 peace. This paper argues that material TJ tends to create longer-lasting peace than symbolic TJ, but\u00a0 the best results come from using both together. The study compares the effects of these two types\u00a0 of TJ on peace, using a new measure that tracks symbolic TJ efforts like museums, memorials, and\u00a0 monuments related to civil wars or conflicts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This course is an introduction to international relations (IR) study. It fosters skills to critically analyze and discuss a wide range of political phenomena, with a special focus on processes of conflict and cooperation in global politics. We will start with an introduction to the general theoretical frameworks of the discipline, such as Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism. In the second part of the course, we apply our theoretical tools to specific topics, including the causes of war, economic relations, international organizations, and environmental politics. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Global Leadership workshop helps youth and young professionals develop the skillset necessary to thrive in a global work environment. The interactive sessions use case studies, paired discussions, and fishbowl style discussions to focus on developing business acumen in international affairs, managing oneself, and managing others. The workshop culminates in 2 \u2013 3 sessions and was first offered to the Summer 2023 cohort of the Pan-Africa Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP): participants were from Mauritania, Togo, Congo (Brazzaville), and Niger. To request this workshop either in-person or online, please reach out to <\/span>davis.6540@osu.edu<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Academic Work I look forward to sharing insights from my academic research and explorations in this field. Dissertation This study focuses on farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria and examines how collaboration among peacebuilding stakeholders impacts long-term peace. The research begins by building a newly geocoded dataset of NGO registrations in Nigeria, dating back to before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sraphaeldavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}