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PACS6934: Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice

2024 unit information

International development and humanitarian assistance are often delivered in a context affected by violent conflict. Aid and development operating in such complex situations risks feeding the conflict rather than alleviating it. A conflict-sensitive approach minimises the negative impact of aid and development ('do no harm') and maximises the positive impact on local capacities for peace. In this unit we take a skills-based approach to understanding and applying theories and methods of conflict analysis to designing conflictsensitive interventions that support more effective and accountable development practice in the field.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sociology and Criminology

Code PACS6934
Academic unit Sociology and Criminology
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Consider theoretical issues and perspectives in both peace and development, and how they bear upon one another.
  • LO2. Through workshop simulations, look in detail at methodologies for development work attentive to the Do No Harm principles.
  • LO3. When considering development interventions in situations of conflict, develop an ability to understand the context, and principles for designing interventions to minimise the risk of doing harm, and maximise their potential to do good.

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Semester 2b 2024
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive May 2021
Block mode Remote
Intensive May 2021
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2a 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2a 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 2a 2022
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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