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Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT)

XCEPT

The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme at King’s College London is working to understand more about the pathways to violent and peaceful behaviour, as well as the factors that offer resilience and protection against violence and conflict. Our aim is to inform policies and programmes that will support a sustainable peace in conflict and post-conflict settings, by generating insights into what factors drive, and can break, cycles of violence.

Our multidisciplinary team is examining these themes through a number of research strands, exploring competing narratives in memorialisation and heritage restoration; experiences of imprisonment; the motivations of armed actors; a lack of trust in institutions; the role of values and identities in shaping violent and peaceful propensities; memory; mental health; cross-generational trauma; and the impact of trauma and post-traumatic growth.

As part of this research, we are fielding an extensive psychometric survey, the Impact of Trauma Survey (IoTS), in Iraq, Lebanon, and South Sudan. This will explore the role that trauma and mental health – related to conflict exposure, adverse childhood experiences, and other factors – can play in shaping people’s attitudes to violent or peaceful behaviour. Additionally, we are field testing various peacebuilding interventions via randomised control trial studies and intervention tournaments.

To date, we have generated important lessons for policymakers and practitioners on the importance of implementing scalable mental health interventions to break cycles of violence; increasing the visibility of male trauma and its implications in policy and research; balancing heritage restoration with acknowledgement of informal sites and spaces; involving national and local actors in heritage promotion; gathering feedback to ensure that Western peacebuilding language does not alienate or discourage local populations; and navigating sacred values in high level conflict negotiations.

The XCEPT project brings together expert researchers from a variety of backgrounds – including sociology, criminology, political science, history, cognitive science, anthropology, and developmental psychology – to provide a comprehensive picture of the different factors that can work to reduce violence and promote peace. The KCL component of XCEPT is operationally led by the ICSR, but brings together colleagues from the Centre for the Study of Divided Societies (CDS), the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), and the Department of War Studies.


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  • Mar282025

    Beyond the Unity of Arenas: Understanding the agency and domestic motivations of Iraq’s Shi’a Resistance militants

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  • Mar172025

    XCEPT Briefing Note – Shifting loyalties: understanding fighter motivations in Syria’s transitional phase

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  • Feb282025

    XCEPT Review of Evidence – Trauma, PTSD, and psychosocial support interventions in fragile and conflict-affected areas

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  • Dec192024

    Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s sectarian wounds

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  • Dec032024

    Blood diamonds and bloodshed: The psychological drivers of violence in Sierra Leone’s civil war

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  • Sep262024

    XCEPT Briefing Note – The impact of terrorist kidnappings: lessons from Arsal, Lebanon

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  • Aug272024

    Unravelling conflict: The power of predictive modelling

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  • Aug062024

    XCEPT Briefing Note – Navigating conflicting memories: Reconciliation initiatives to engage the Yezidi population in Iraq require an urgent overhaul

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  • Jul292024

    XCEPT Briefing Note – The status of Iraqi children of ISIS-affiliated families outside of Jeddah 1 rehabilitation center

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  • Jul222024

    Q&A with Nils Mallock – XCEPT research

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  • Jul022024

    The rise of Soldiers of God: Is Beirut back to the time of the militias?

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  • May282024

    Rebuilding Downtown Beirut: Laying the foundations for division or reconciliation?

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  • Apr162024

    Green Mosul: How trees helped a city recover after conflict

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  • Mar252024

    ‘These statues are not just pieces of stone’: How sculpture helps Mosul heal

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  • Mar112024

    Understanding the role of unconscious bias in conflict dynamics

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  • Feb272024

    Photo essay: A week in Iraq

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  • Feb132024

    The costs of ignoring conflict trauma in men and boys

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  • Jan032024

    Waiting for war: Escalation on Lebanon’s southern border and conflict memory

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  • Oct172023

    Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution

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  • Aug312023

    XCEPT Briefing Note – Imprisoned for Terrorism: The Experiences of Inmates in Roumieh Prison in Lebanon

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  • Aug172023

    What do we mean when we talk about ‘resilience’ to violent extremism?

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  • Jul282023

    XCEPT Briefing Note – Men and Psychosocial Support Services Programming

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  • Jun282023

    Dr Inna Rudolf shares her research on post-conflict recovery in Mosul

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  • Jun142023

    Q&A with Dr Rajan Basra – XCEPT research

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  • May102023

    Martyrdom in Lebanon: An evolution of memory-making

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  • Apr262023

    Q&A with Dr Fiona McEwen – XCEPT research

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  • Apr122023

    Can uncertainty make us violent? The role of uncertainty in encouraging violent and extremist ideologies

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  • Apr062023

    Translation in conflict: An instrument of power or a place of neutrality?

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  • Mar292023

    Forgotten refugees – the experiences of Syrian military defectors in Turkey

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  • Feb022023

    XCEPT Event – Reimagining Mosul: The Role of Competing Memory Narratives in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, February 20th

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  • Jan122023

    Controversies and Challenges of Peacebuilding in Nineveh: Revisiting Post-IS Reconciliation in Iraq

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  • Dec152022

    The legacy of trauma: Can trauma be transmitted across generations?

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  • Dec082022

    Gun-toting grannies and cattle raiders: why understanding civilian-combatant identities can help conflict recovery

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  • Nov172022

    What’s next for children in IS-affiliated families from Iraq?

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  • Sep272022

    Storytelling, Memory and Momentum: Iraq’s Tishreen Movement

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  • Aug112022

    The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies

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