Work in progress
Lesley-Ann Daniels: Identity concessions in ethnic civil wars: When are they given and with what outcomes for peace? Forthcoming at Journal of Peace Research
Policy work
2023: Report on the Clarity Agreement
Lesley-Ann Daniels with Sanjaume-Calvet, Marc, Mar Aguilera Vaqués, Eva Anduiza Perea, Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi, Astrid Barrio López, Pau Bossacoma Busquets, Elisenda Casañas Adam, and Josep Lluís Martí.
Produced for the Catalan Government as an expert paper seeking solutions to the multi-level relations between Catalonia and Spain.
Report on the use of amnesty in civil wars
Produced for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue as an expert paper for use with reference to the peace process in Ukraine.
Previous funded research projects
Minority rights and the stability of post-conflict environments (as Principal Investigator)
This project examines the impact of identity concessions, such as rights to language, or recognition of a separate culture, on subsequent post-conflict developments. Is the peace more stable? What are the mechanisms through which these concessions have an impact?
AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Grant
Expectations and effects of regional independence: A comparison of Catalonia and Scotland (as Principal Investigator)
This project uses survey experiments to examine the choices and compromises at a micro-level around independence.
Team: Laia Balcells, Alex Kuo
Funded by the Institute for the Study of Self-Government, Barcelona
Public events
2024: Contributor to panel in response to Reflecting on attitudes towards secession: Evidence from Catalonia, Scotland and Wales, Lleialtat Santsenca Barcelona
2023: Speaker, International Experiences of Amnesties in Conflict Resolution, Catalan Government
2023: Speaker, Crisis management and resilience: responding to future global challenges. Regional Academy of the United Nations, University Pompeu Fabra
2018: Keynote speaker, Barcelona Model United Nations, University of Barcelona
Chasing unicorns
2016: Expert panel in responses to play “Quietly [En Veu Baixa]” by Owen McCafferty, a play about the meeting between and ex-terrorist and his victim in a Belfast bar, Teatre Lliure, Barcelona, 12/5/2016