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Communities that sit in conflict-affected borderlands are often subject to a complex combination of cultural and geographical factors. XCEPT’s research into these conflict areas explores local governance, other influential actors, and the alternative institutions and strategies that borderland communities rely upon to protect themselves against violence and abuse. It also examines how economic transitions, markets, and trade are affected by changes in the social and political context of a borderland community.

Below you can find and download publications by XCEPT partners that investigate the unique contexts of conflict-affected borderlands.

Blog

12th December 2025
A look at Indigeneous-led, cross-border environmental movements working to defend their rights and lands in the face of the intensive resource extract...

Research report

8th December 2025
How do women experience insurgent governance in their everyday lives? How should responses to conflict and terrorism address their lived realities?

Research report

28th November 2025
Civil war in Sudan has divided the country. In areas held by the Rapid Support Forces, how is everyday governance operated?

Event

5th December 2025
An XCEPT panel at the 2025 Australasian Aid Conference held in Canberra.

Briefing paper

24th October 2025
This policy brief examines barriers to healthcare access in conflict-affected areas, with a focus on women and children. It offers recommendations to ...

SPOTLIGHT

XCEPT Workshop: Local, People-Focused Policymaking

26th October 2022
Addressing securitization in conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
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Blog

17th October 2025
Three new XCEPT research projects examine the current situation in Sudan and South Sudan.

Event

23rd October 2025
On 23 October 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored how decentralisation and identity politics are reshaping governance and legitimacy in Sudan an...

Blog

23rd September 2025
Climate change and other disasters creates opportunities for profitable exploitation of people and resources.

Article

9th September 2025
How are borderland communities in Mozambique and Tanzania demonstrating resilience in the face of a violent insurgency?

Research report

20th August 2025
Communities in the borderlands of Coastal West Africa are part of a complex cross-border socio-economic network, one that is threatened by both violen...

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