Research and Publications

Ford Institute faculty, students and affiliates are actively engaged in research on enduring problems of political violence, economic development and their effects on people and communities.  Our goal is to inform and influence debates among a diverse audience of academics, analysts and policy makers.

2012-2013 Ford Institute Publication Series

• Voices of Human Security-Opinion Pieces
  • "Intervention in Syria is a Necessary Assault on State Sovereignty" by Joumana King
  • "Military Intervention in Syria is Not a Viable Policy Option" by Natalie Swabb
• Policy Briefs
  • "The Responsibility to Protect: Humanitarian intervention or state sovereignty?" by Joumana King

Publications

• By Subject
  
  • Causes of Violence
  • Children and War
  • Corporations, Environment and Health
  • Displaced Populations
  • Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Peace Operations
  • The Responsibility to Protect
  • Annual Report
     
• By Type
  
  • Books
  • Articles and Chapters
  • Reports and Briefs
  • Working Papers

Research

• Current Research
  • Causes of Violence
  • Corporations, Environment and Health
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Institutional Reform in Weak and Failing States
  • Peace Operations
  • The Responsibility to Protect
  • Marginalized People
• Past Research
  
  • Children and War
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Displaced Populations
  • Forced Migration and Refugees
  • Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
  • Intra-State Conflict and Human Rights

• Past Working Groups

  • Gender, Religion and Development
  • Human Rights and Livelihoods
  • The Process of Mass Killings
  • Property Rights in Post-Conflict States
  • The Responsibility to Protect I
  • The Responsibility to Protect II
  • The Responsibility to Protect III
  • Transitions from Crisis Relief to Sustainable Development
  • Unpacking the Process of Violence