Occasional Papers examine issues of interest to the peace operations community and provide a forum where researchers and practitioners openly engage with the complexities of evolving peace operations.
Occasional Papers are comprised of field contributions, research articles, and / or topical reviews examining emerging trends. Contributions are generally about peace and security/stability/reconstruction, which may fall outside the scope and theme of the current volume of The Pearson Papers. To promote the dissemination of this knowledge to the peace operations community, the PPC publishes Occasional Papers online.
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- DDR: A Shifting Paradigm and the Scholar/Practitioner Gap
Authored by: Desmond Molloy - While scholarly input, both pre-mission and in examining the results of programs is critical for the development of effective DDR programs in dynamic environments, a significant communications gap exists between the DDR practitioner and scholar for various reasons. This gap must be bridged to realize necessary synergy through integration between the practitioner and the scholar, which may be the difference between success and failure in peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions.
Further, and more difficult to address, a time lag exists between the publication of useful analysis and its applicability. Lateral and innovative thinking from both scholar and practitioner is needed to mitigate this phenomenon and to derive latent synergy to enhance the contribution to Human Security.
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