The Syrian energy sector has been radically affected by more than ten years of conflict. A major transformation of energy policies has occurred in the last decade that has further impaired the state’s governance system and infrastructure. The destruction and damage caused to energy infrastructure alongside the imposition of international ...
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Webinar: Participation in the Context of Asylum and the Determinants of Forced Displacement in the Syrian Conflict
Register Now During the discussion session, SCPR will present the findings of its most recent research papers that focus on asylum and forced displacement within the context of the Syrian conflict, developed in collaboration with several partners. The first session aims at analyzing through the lens of political economy, the ...
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New training program on applied Social science research methods.
Syrian Center for Policy Research launched a new training program on applied Social science research methods. The training program aims to equip young Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian researchers with critical reading, research, and writing skills that will empower them to be active citizens, advocates, and researcher. Throughout the training program, ...
Read More »Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change
The conflict in Syria, now completed its ninth year, has been catastrophic for the Syrian people and is widely recognized as one of the most devastating and intractable conflicts in decades due to its complexity. The conflict has also radically transformed Syria’s economy. In this research paper, we use a ...
Read More »COVID-19: SECOND WAVE OR MISSING LINKS? GLOBAL SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF COVID-19
The widespread and exponential growth of Covid-19 in “advanced” countries compared to “developing” counties contradicts the conventional literature on social determinants of health (henceforth, SHD) such as income, life expectancy, health system, governance among others. This article quantitively explores the association between cases and deaths of COVID-19 and SHD; using ...
Read More »Launching of Justice to Transcend Conflict Report on June 1, 2020 – 1 pm EST, 8 pm Damascus time
The Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR) and Jadaliyya cordially invite you to participate in the launch of the socioeconomic impact report of the conflict in Syria in 2020. Justice to Transcend Conflict is part of a series of reports that provide multidimensional analyses of the impact of the armed conflict ...
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Impact of Syrian Conflict Report May 2020 This report is part of a series of reports that provide multidimensional analyses of impacts of the armed conflict in Syria during the period 2011- 2019, examining the socioeconomic situation and institutional performance of the country during this time. This report, Justice to ...
Read More »Launching of Justice to Transcend Conflict report in Syria 2020
The Syrian Center for Policy Research is pleased to invite you to participate in the launch of the socioeconomic impact report of the conflict in Syria 2020. Justice to Transcend Conflict Wednesday, May 27, 2020, from 12 to 3 p.m. Damascus time Justice to Transcend Conflict is part of a series ...
Read More »COVID-19: Global solidarity or retrenchment?
While the pandemic caused by the SARS-COV-2 has united the world in common concern it has also exposed fault lines between rich and poor countries and magnified the inequalities in the world system and structures of global power. The severity of the crisis is not only an urgent call for ...
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