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Rethinking the role of religion in peace, conflict and development: A post-western approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K01506
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
Research InstitutionInternational Christian University

Principal Investigator

Shani Giorgiandrea  国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (40569993)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
KeywordsReligion / International Relations / Development / Peacebuilding / Human Security / Conflict / religon
Outline of Research at the Start

This research project seeks to explore alternative approaches to liberal peacebuilding rooted in local religious and cultural traditions. It seeks to explore the extent to which religion can play a role in‘local’ peacebuilding and development projects in the Global South?

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project paved the way for the reconceptualisation of religion as a 'relational cosmology' in (post-western) International Relations theory including Peace and Conflict and Development Studies.The principal research achievements of the project were as follows: 1) the publication of 9 journal articles as a result of international collaboration (of which 8 were peer-reviewed); 2) two edited volumes: Rethinking Peace, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019; and Religion and Nationalism in Asia, Routledge 2019; 3) a co-authored book, Sikh Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2021); and 4) a Special Issue of the British International Studies Association (BISA) journal Review of International Studies (Vol. 28, No. 5, 2022) which I co-edited. In addition, I gave 20 presentations (of which 16 were invited and two were keynotes) and co-organized a colloquium through the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Religion and Politics research committee which I chair in 2023.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This research project examined the role of religion in Peace, Conflict and Development. Using examples from South Asia, it found that the concept of religion was indispendable yet inadequate to peacebuilding and development and contributed to the development of post-western International Relations.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (42 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (27 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 13 results,  Invited: 21 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Transnational religious actors and international relations2023

    • Author(s)
      Shani Giorgio
    • Journal Title

      Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

      Volume: 3 Pages: 343-356

    • DOI

      10.4324/9781003247265-27

    • ISBN
      9781003247265
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Sikh Diaspora: In the Shadow of Khalistan2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      E-International Relations

      Volume: N/A

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] From “Critical” Nationalism to “Asia as Method”: Tagore's Quest for a Moral Imaginary’ and Its Implications for Post-Western International Relations2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      Global Studies Quarterly

      Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1093/isagsq/ksac069

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Towards a Hindu Rashtra: Hindutva, religion, and nationalism in India2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      Religion, State and Society

      Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Pages: 254-280

    • DOI

      10.1080/09637494.2021.1947731

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Rethinking Emancipation in a Critical IR: Normativity, Cosmology, and Pluriversal Dialogue2021

    • Author(s)
      Hartmut Behr and Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      Millennium:Journal of International Studies

      Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pages: 368-391

    • DOI

      10.1177/03058298211031983

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] IR as inter-cosmological relations?2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      International Politics Review

      Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Pages: 306-312

    • DOI

      10.1057/s41312-021-00120-2

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Differing about Difference: Relational IR from around the World2021

    • Author(s)
      Tamara A Trownsell, Arlene B Tickner, Amaya Querejazu, Jarrad Reddekop, Giorgio Shani, Kosuke Shimizu, Navnita Chadha Behera, Anahita Arian
    • Journal Title

      International Studies Perspectives

      Volume: 21 (1) Issue: 1 Pages: 25-64

    • DOI

      10.1093/isp/ekaa008

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Japan's 3/11: Ten Years On2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      E-International Relations

      Volume: Online

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Securitizing ‘Bare Life’? Human Security and Coronavirus2020

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      E-International Relations

      Volume: Online

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Teaching Religion and International Relations: Disciplinary, Pedagogical, and Personal Reflections2019

    • Author(s)
      Gregorio Bettiza, Deina Abdelkader, David T Buckley, Jocelyne Cesari, Jeffrey Haynes, Nukhet Sandal, Giorgio Shani,
    • Journal Title

      International Studies Perspectives

      Volume: 20 (4) Issue: 4 Pages: 301-343

    • DOI

      10.1093/isp/ekz012

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Consuming the nihonjinron2019

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Journal Title

      Nations and Nationalism

      Volume: 25 (4) Issue: 4 Pages: 1119-1121

    • DOI

      10.1111/nana.12550

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] RI comme relations inter-cosmologiques?2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Centre des Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po, Paris
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] From a Global to a Pluriversal IR?2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      International Politics Research Seminar, Aberystwyth University, UK
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Sikh Nationalism2023

    • Author(s)
      Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      ISA Religion and International Relations Section Book Talk
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Religion and Nationalism in Asia2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC 43 and 14 Joint Colloquium on Religion and Nationalism
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Plenary Session: The Nation as a Sacred Communion? Religion, Conflict, Legacies2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC 43 and 14 Joint Colloquium on Religion and Nationalism
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Rethinking Human Security in a Post-COVID 19 World: Towards a Post-Anthropocentric Approach?2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      ISA Asia-Pacific Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Re-envisioning the “Fundamental Values” of a “Free and Open” Indo-Pacific: A Post-Western Approach2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      ISA Asia-Pacific Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] International Relations as Intercosmological relations?2023

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      London School of Economics Department of Political Science
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Sikh Nationalism2023

    • Author(s)
      Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      London School of Economics Sikh Society
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Pluriversal Relationality2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Navnita Chadha Behera
    • Organizer
      British International Studies Association (BISA)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] From Critical Nationalism to Asia as Method: Tagore’s Quest for a Moral Imaginary and its implications for Post-Western International Relations2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Millennium Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rethinking Human Security in a Post-COVID World2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      International Academic Conference on Human Security
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Pluriversal Relationality2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Navnita Chadha Behera
    • Organizer
      International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sikh Nationalism2022

    • Author(s)
      Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      SOAS South Asia Institute
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Sikh Nationalism2022

    • Author(s)
      Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Doing IR Differently: Relational Cosmologies Around the World2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      British International Studies Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Rethinking Critical IR2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Hartmut Behr
    • Organizer
      Critical Global Politics Research Cluster, Manchester University, UK
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rethinking Emancipation in a critical IR: Normativity, Cosmology and Pluriversal Dialogue2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Hartmut Behr
    • Organizer
      Millennium Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Religion and the “New” Nationalisms in Asia2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      nternational Poitical Science Association (IPSA) World Congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Religion and Nationalism in Asia2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Takashi Kibe
    • Organizer
      International Poitical Science Association (IPSA) World Congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] IR as inter-cosmological relations?2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Shanghai University, PRC
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] IR as inter-cosmological relations?2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      International Studies Asociation (ISA) Annual Convention
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Human Security, Lockdown and Bare Life2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Justice Radhabinod Pal Centre for Critical Legal Studies
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] COVID-19 and Hindu Nationalism2020

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      State of Hate Symposium
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Saving Liberal Peacebuilding: From the “Local Turn” to a Post-Western Peace2020

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      PEACE CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Religion and Human In/Security in South Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Peacebuilders Conference on Faith, Development, and Peace
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Religion, Migration and Human Security2019

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Organizer
      Borderlands Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 5th International Academic Conference on Human Security Conference Proceedings2022

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani
    • Total Pages
      14
    • Publisher
      University of Belgrade
    • ISBN
      9788680144573
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Sikh Nationalism2021

    • Author(s)
      Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani
    • Total Pages
      250
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • ISBN
      9781316501887
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Religion and Nationalism in South Asia2021

    • Author(s)
      Giorgio Shani and Takashi Kibe
    • Total Pages
      214
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9780367183424
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Rethinking Peace Discourse, Memory, Translation, and Dialogue2019

    • Author(s)
      ALEXANDER LABAN HINTON; GIORGIO SHANI AND JEREMIAH ALBERG
    • Total Pages
      284
    • Publisher
      Rowman and Littlefield International
    • ISBN
      9781786610386
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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