Astrid Norén-Nilsson receives Formas grant

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has received a grant from Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development) for the 4-year project "Struggles for Peace in a Changing World Order: Insights from the Thai-Cambodian border" (2026-2030). With Robin Biddulph (Gothenburg University) and Mun Mark Vong (Royal University of Phnom Penh), Norén-Nilsson will examine the Thai-Cambodia conflict to explore the relationship between peace and sustainable development, and how peace can be secured in a world where rising trends against multilateralism and dilution of international law leave small states vulnerable to the challenges posed by territorial expansion and aggression. The project  looks from the Cambodian side of the border at the strategies employed by political actors to secure peace and how this reflects and transforms national, regional and global discourses and realities of peace and sustainability; how agricultural development, environmental conservation and climate initiatives are impacted by the current insecurity; and the implications for the pursuit of sustainable development.  The project will provide real-time explorations of the difficulties facing small nations seeking to maintain or secure peace in the current world order, and how continuity and resilience in society can be created under adverse conditions.