Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) • international crimes, conflict and criminology

Literature: Babbie, Beiting-Lipps & Kindstrom (2015): The Practice of Social Research. Cengage Learning. Chapter 4, pp. 113-121 Chapter 5 Chapter 16, pp. 460-470 Plano Clark & Ivankova (2017) How to use Mixed Methods Research?: Understanding the Basic Mixed Methods Designs, in Mixed Methods Research: A Guide to the Field. SAGE Publications. → Chapter 5

Grade: 7,5 Research question: To what extent and how do negative attitudes towards people of a different religion predict violence in Cyprus? Research design: mixed-methods With reliability & validity evaluations

Grade using these notes: 8 Included the most relevant and important information from the tutorials and lectures.

Grade for exam using this summary: 8

Grade: 8 This essay argues that the scarcity of water, driven by climate change, contributes to water weaponization, and intensifies violent conflict in Yemen in the future.

Grade: 8 This essay poses a critical analysis of the challenges related to reliability in the admissibility of evidence in international criminal proceedings of the ICC.

Mandatory Assignments of course Corporations, Conflict and International Crimes. Answers of each question (which you should fill in online) listed in the document (6 weeks)

Grade: 8,5 Research question: To what extent is the Russian state involved in the alleged killing of Hamdi Bouta committed by the Wagner group at the Al-Shaer Gas facility in Syria, 2017, and how can this involvement be explained?

Grade: 8,5 Research question: To what extent and how has social inequality influenced the mobilization of Islamist groups and their conflict-related crimes in Mali since 2017?

Summary of the following chapters: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14