Work packages (timeline)

WP1: Methodological framework and selection of case studies

The purpose of the first Work package (WP) is to select suitable case studies of post-conflict societies in Southeast Europe, where the project will be implemented. Based on the analysis of primary and secondary sources, we will develop the theoretical and conceptual framework and identify appropriate research methods allowing us to analyze the intertwined character of anxiety and structural factors related to ethnic distance in the selected places.

WP2: Structural factors 

The purpose of WP2 is to identify the structural factors in the selected villages and towns in Southeast Europe and analyze the impact of structural factors on interethnic relations among the local population. This will be achieved by both the analysis and interpretation of secondary and primary sources and through fieldwork (interviewing in particular). 

WP3: Analysis of anxiety in selected places of post-conflict societies

The purpose of WP3 is to understand how (societal) anxiety arises in the context of previously analyzed structural factors in the selected towns and villages. In other words, we will study how anxiety occurs in the context of the post-conflict period and the current problems faced by people in the selected places in Southeast Europe (socio-economic, political, etc.) and how this affects interethnic relations. 

Dissemination and communication

Communication and dissemination of project results will take place throughout the project. We will publish key findings of the project in scientific and professional journals, and we will also present the results to the general public (interviews with members of the project team, popular articles, publications on social networks). The results of the project will also be shared with relevant international, regional and local organizations working in the field of peacebuilding in Southeast Europe – primarily to provide these actors with scientifically supported results, which could serve as a cornerstone to improve the existing approaches to peacebuilding and conflict transformation in general.