Learn about the links between social capital, conflict and climate at this week's coffee morning

Join us every Thursday morning, either in-person from 10.45am or online from 11am, to hear about new environmental, climate and sustainability research and initiatives from UCD and beyond.

Research talk

Examining the Links between Social Capital, Conflict and Climate Shocks in Somalia will be presented by Dr Caitriona Dowd from UCD School of Politics and International Relations.

Overview

This presentation introduces a three-year research study examining the links between social capital, conflict and climate shocks in Somalia and Somaliland. Focusing on the experiences of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the study sets out to understand how various subgroups of IDPs build resilience toward shocks and stresses through differential access to social capital. The talk will present the research design, and preliminary insights from the inception and formative phases of the study, highlighting the contested definition of internal displacement in the context; the double-edged nature of reciprocity and obligation emanating from strong bonding social capital; and the implications of social capital for different types and phases of crisis.

Where and when?

• Thursday 30 October
• In-person from 10.45am, Earth Institute kitchen, 4th floor, UCD Science East
• On (opens in a new window)Zoom from 11am