... of this paper is to enlarge the knowledge of operational challenges in collaborative research projects to improve both project and conflict management. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of the concept of systemic conflict, this study conducts a conflict analysis of a collaborative research project...

... series analysis Conflict management Northern Ireland This paper is essentially an introduction to a new methodology which uses multivariate time series analyses to examine some of the hidden dynamics of the Northern Irish conflict from 1969 to 1981. It draws on the conceptual work of one...