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.

我的博士项目将重点研究冲突参与者在对话或和平进程中使用信息和通信技术（ICT）的影响。近几十年来，信息通信技术在冲突背景下以及建设和平努力中一直在稳步增长。总体而言，这一观点很明确：冲突的本质以及建设和平领域正在向虚拟空间转变。目前，学术界和实践者一直在争论信息通信技术在冲突以及随后的建设和平环境中能够而且应该发挥的作用。现在的基本问题首先是信息通信技术如何发挥作用，其次是何时发挥作用，第三是对谁发挥作用。在回顾了有关信息通信技术的大量文献后，我们发现，显然缺乏关于冲突各方在对话与和平进程中使用信息通信技术可能产生的影响以及这些工具如何影响结果的经验证据。此外，对某些冲突参与者在其冲突背景下使用信息通信技术的方式的深入分析也存在差距。我的博士研究项目旨在了解冲突参与者使用信息通信技术是否会对对话或和平进程的结果产生影响，如果有，在什么条件下产生影响？通过分析冲突参与者对信息通信技术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，我的实证研究结果将对当地的政策制定者和从业者具有实际意义。