5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
“LIVELIHOODS, SUSTAINABILITY AND CONFLICT”
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Thursday, April 16
All Day—Arrival
5:00-7:00 PM Reception for participants
Location: KSU Center
Friday, April 17
9:00-10:30 (Opening and Keynote Address)
KC 400
Greetings
Dr. Akanmu G. Adebayo, Director, Center for Conflict Management,
Kennesaw State University
Introduction of Keynote Speaker—Dr. Brandon Lundy, Associate Director, PhD in
International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University
Keynote Address—Dr. Lisa Cliggett, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the
University of Kentucky
Topic: “Chronic Liminality: Living on the Edge in a Zambian Park Buffer Zone”
Questions & Answers—Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Director of ADR Services and Training,
Kennesaw State University
10:30-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break, Charrettes
Fountain Area
11:00-12:30 (Concurrent Sessions 1)
A1. Livelihood Issues & Natural Resource Conflict in Nigeria
KC 460
Chair/Discussant: Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Center for Conflict Management, KSU
Presenters:
Adetola Odubajo, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, “The Quest for
Peace on Nigeria’s Plateau”
Abiodun Odusote, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, “Nigeria: the Matrix between
Fragility of Livelihoods and Conflict”
A2. Perspectives on Sustainability
KC 182
Chair/Discussant: Dr. R. C. Paul, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
R.C. Paul, Professor of Biology & Director of Sustainability, Kennesaw State University;
Matthew Laposata, Professor of Environmental Science, Kennesaw State
University; and Eriqah Foreman-Williams, Campus Ecology Program of the
National Wildlife Federation, “Generational Perspectives on Sustainability”
A3. Transnational Migration and Conflict
KC 462
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Darina Lepadatu, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Darina Lepadatu, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State
University, “Diaspora, Identity and the Right to Vote: Conflict During the 2014
Romanian Presidential Elections”
Debarati Sen, PhD Program in International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State
University, “Transnational Migration, Gender Identity & Social Sustainability: An
Intersectional Approach”
Inga Zimmermann, University of Hamburg, “Migrational clash? Turkish Students
Facing the Turkish Diaspora in Germany and Denmark”
A4. Terrorism and Sustainable Livelihood
KC 464
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Heather Pincock, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Bosede Awodola, Olalekan Babatunde, and Taofik Oyewo, Institute for Peace and
Conflict Resolution, Abuja, Nigeria, “Terrorism and Sustainable Livelihood in
North-Eastern Nigeria”
Genius GC, PhD Candidate in International Conflict Management, Kennesaw State
University, and Akanmu G. Adebayo, Center for Conflict Management,
Kennesaw State University, “Livelihoods, Sustainability and Conflict: Literature
Review and Contemporary Research Agenda”
12:30-2:00 Lunch
KC 400
2:00-3:30 (Concurrent Sessions 2)
B1. Pastoral Conflict in Africa
KC 460
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Bosede Awodola, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja,
Nigeria
Presenters:
Mayowa Fasona, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria; and Eniola
Fabusoro, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Federal
University of Agriculture, “Some Dimensions of farmers-Pastoralists Conflicts in
the Nigerian Savanna”
Dan Yakubu, Whanda J. Shittu, and Galtima Mala, Department of Geography, Faculty of
Science, Gombe State University, “The Application of Geospatial Analytical
Techniques in the Assessment of Land Use Conflicts Among Farmers and CrossBoundary Nomadic Cattle Herders in the Gombe Region, Nigeria”
B2. Implications of Shifting Population Dynamics in Nigeria
KC 182
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Phillip Agbebaku, Department of Political Science, Ambrose Alli
University
Presenters:
Tajudeen Akanji, Associate Professor, University of Ibadan, “Sociocultural and
Demographic Factors as Determinants of Conflict Escalation: A Theoretical
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Analysis of Selected Indigene-Settler Conflicts in Nigeria”
Babatunde Isaac Yiolokun, Department of History, Federal University, “The Paradox of
Conflict: Changing Patterns of Livelihoods and Sustainability in Wukari, Nigeria”
Bola Amaike, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos “Sustainability,
Retirement Livelihood and Quality of Life of Nigerian Retirees in Lagos State”
B3. Practices of Livelihood, Sustainability and Conflict
KC 462
Chair/Discussant: Tom Pynn, Interdisciplinary Studies Department, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Tom Pynn, Mazida Khan, and Maia Hallward, Kennesaw State University, “Can
Nonviolence Transform our Ideas and Practices of Livelihood, Sustainability and
Conflict?”
B4. Social Media and the Impact of Conflict on Livelihoods
KC 464
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria
Presenters:
Audrey Redmond, Crystal Douglas, and Dave Gethings, PhD Program in International
Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University, “Social media and the impact
of conflict on livelihoods; ISIS, #indyref, & R2P”
3:30-4:00 Coffee/Tea Break, Charrettes
Fountain Area
4:00-5:30 (Concurrent Sessions 3)
C1. Natural Resources, Conservation and Development in Africa
KC 460
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Anne P. Santiago, Department of Political Science, University of Portland
Presenters:
Phillip E. Agbebaku, Department of Political Science, Ambrose Alli University, William.
E. Odion, Department of Political Science, Ambrose Alli University, and
Mohammed Itakpe, Ambrose Alli University, “Crude Oil Theft, Spillage and the
Implications on Livelihood in Nigeria”
Victor Ojakorotu, Professor, North-West University, Mafikeng, “Nature’s Gift, Man’s
Curse: Natural resources and prospect of development in the Democratic Republic
of Congo”
John B. Idamkue, PhD Student, Kennesaw State University, “A Tale of Two Gulfs: A
comparative examination of oil production, livelihoods and environmental
fragility in the Gulf of Biafra and the Gulf of Mexico”
C2. Nigeria’s Security Challenges
KC 182
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Abiodun Odusote, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Presenters:
Ferdinand Ottoh, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, “Challenges of
Militancy and Extremism to Sustainable Livelihood in Nigeria”
Mary Edokpa, Department of Political Science, Ambrose Alli University, “Political
Violence and Insecurity in Nigeria: A threat to National Unity”
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Kumar Khadka, PhD Student, International Conflict Management Program, Kennesaw
State University, “Contemporary Conflicts in Nepal: Madhesh uprising and their
rise in national politics”
C3. Humanitarian Action
KC 462
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Sherrill Hayes, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Sherrill Hayes, Director & Associate Professor, Master of Science in Conflict
Management, Kennesaw State University Bryan Hutcheson, PhD Program,
Kennesaw State University and Pranay Rana, PhD Program, Kennesaw State
University, “McDonaldization of humanitarian action: Thinking critically about
crises”
6:00 PM Dinner and Plenary Speech
KSU Commons
Location: The KSU Commons
Dinner
Plenary Speech
Introduction of Speaker—Dr. Volker Franke, Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw
State University
Speaker: Isidor Wallimann, Visiting Research Professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse
University, Syracuse
Topic: “Beyond Global Warming: Environmental Problems in Terms of Social Change and
Conflict Management”
Questions & Answers—Wm Laven, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
Saturday, April 18, 2015
8:30-10:00 (Concurrent Sessions 4)
D1. Exploring the Use of Language/Literature in Understanding
KC 460
Conflict in Nigeria
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Akanmu G. Adebayo, Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State
University
Presenters:
Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia, Ebonyi State University, “Exploring the Linguistic Option in
Conflict Resolution in Nigeria”
Ezinwanyi E. Adam, Department of Languages and Literary Studies, Babcock
University, “Issues of Livelihood, Sustainability and Socioeconomic Conflicts in
Selected African Novels”
Ferdinand Danso, PhD Student, Kennesaw State University, “Beyond Livelihood:
Incorporating Justice Perspectives into Ex-combatant Reintegration”
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D2. Peacebuilding in the African Context
KC 462
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Kingsley Adjei, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Anne Pitsch Santiago, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of
Portland, “Agenda Setting in Uganda: Utilizing Law and Policy to Change
Attitudes Toward Land”
Amanda J. Reinke, PhD. Student, Department of Anthropology and Program on
Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights, University of Tennessee,
“Gendering Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda”
Etsegenet “Mimi” G. Endale, PhD student, Kennesaw State University, “Conflict
Sensitive Peacebuilding Approach to Water Conflict in Pastoralist Region of
Ethiopia”
10:00-11:00 Keynote Address
KC 400
Welcome: Dr. Robin Dorff, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Introduction of Keynote Speaker—Dr. R. C. Paul, Director of Sustainability, KSU
Keynote Address—George Bandy, Jr, Vice President of Sustainability, Interface, Inc.
Topic: “People, Planet, and Profit: Resolving Conflicts in the Triple Bottom Line”
Questions & Answers—Genius GC, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
11:00-11:15 Coffee/Tea Break
11:15-12:45 (Concurrent Sessions 5)
E1. Economy, Health, and Sustainability in Africa
KC 460
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Nurudeen Akinyemi, Center for African and African Diaspora Studies,
Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Dlorah Jenkins, PhD Student, Kennesaw State University, Marcus Marktanner, Professor,
Kennesaw State University, “Simulating the Socioeconomic Impact of an Ebola
Outbreak”
Nurudeen Akinyemi and Etsegenet “Mimi” Endale, Kennesaw State University, “African
Refugee Crisis and the Rationale for Regional Refugee Protection Regimes:
Perspectives from West Africa”
Tunde Agara, Centre for Strategic and Development Studies, Ambrose Alli University,
“The Economics of Civil Conflicts: Globalization, Natural Resources and the
Dynamics of Conflicts in the West African sub-region”
E2. Rural-Urban Sustainability Strategies
KC 462
Chair/Discussant: Dr. R. C. Paul, Director of Sustainability and Professor of Biology, KSU
Presenters:
A. Tafida, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Modibbo Adama
University of Technology and M Galtima, Department of Geography, Modibbo
Adama University of Technology, “An Assessment of Rural Household
Vulnerability in the Hadeja-Nguru- Gashua Wetlands Region, Northern Nigeria”
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Joseph Okwesili Nkwede and Nwuzor Chidi Iroko, Department of Political Science and
Public Administration, Ebonyi State University “Strategies for Urban Waste
Management and Employment Creation in Nigeria: A Study of Ebonyi State
Environmental Protection Agency (EBSEPA)”
Brandon Lundy, Mark Patterson, and Alex O'Neill, “Setting-up Shop in Small States: Is
Foreign Private Enterprise Easing Donor Decline in Guinea-Bissau?”
E3. Role of Religion in Promoting Peace
KC 464
Chair/Discussant: Rev. (Dr.) Olatunde Adepoju, Federal Government Treasury, Atlanta
Presenters:
Elizabeth Bounds, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Emory University, Won Chul
Shin, Ph.D. Student, Emory University, Georgette Ledgister, Ph.D. Candidate,
Emory University, “So That We Can Live Together With One Another”: The
Role of Religion in Promoting and Sustaining Peace in Liberia”
E4. Refugee Resettlement
KC 182
Chair/Discussant: Dr. Sherrill Hayes, Director, MSCM Program, Kennesaw State University
Presenters:
Sherrill Hayes, Birthe Reimers, Pranay Rana, and Selamawit Zeratsion, Kennesaw State
University, “Is refugee resettlement sustainable? Policies, programs, and people”
1:00-2:30 Tour, Lunch, and Special Presentation
Sustainability Tour of KSU Campus, Lunch and Culinary Sustainability Presentation at the
“The Commons,” KSU’s Award-Winning Cafeteria
Dr. R. C. Paul, Professor of Biology and Director of Sustainability, Kennesaw State University
Conference Planning Committee Members
Many thanks to our conference planning committee members:
Dr. Akanmu G. Adebayo, Center for Conflict Management
Ms. Rosezetta Bobo, Center for Conflict Management
Ms. Nicole Densmore, PhD in International Conflict Management (INCM) Program
Dr. Volker Franke, PhD in International Conflict Management (INCM) Program
Ms. Genius GC, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
Ms. Maureen Erinne, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
Ms. Ellen Lahtinen, Center for Conflict Management
Mr. Wm Melvin Laven, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
Dr. Brandon D. Lundy, PhD in International Conflict Management (INCM) Program
Ms. Catherine Odera, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
Dr. Robert C. Paul, Director of Sustainability, KSU
Dr. Heather Pincock, Master of Science in Conflict Management (MSCM) Program
Mr. Thomas Pynn, Peace Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Studies Department
Dr. Debarati Sen, PhD in International Conflict Management (INCM) Program
Ms. Amanda Woomer, PhD Candidate, International Conflict Management
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