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Armed politics
The politics of aspiring sovereignty: Understanding separatist politics from a performative perspective
The project’s overall objective is to give a new impetus to the study of separatist conflicts with a rich and robust research agenda that combines a new conceptual lens with an innovative methodological approach.
Records of Resistance: Militia Governance in the Valley of the Apurímac river during the Peruvian Internal Armed Conflict (1980-2000)
This project investigates civilian participation in wartime violence and reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges of using archives of non-state armed actors.
Social dynamics of private security sector development in west Africa
This project aims to explore how private security firms embody a specific expansion of market logics as a modality of governance and the exercise of violence.
Discourse of caste within Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhalese communities in the context of territorial, class and ethnic divisions
This project examines the interconnection of caste with ethnicity, territorialisation and language in Sri Lanka.
Social Resilience of Survivors of Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC: A Path to Reparation and Rebuilding the Social Fabric
This project investigates the socialization processes that (re-)configure (violent) security practices occurring in the civil wars of Central Africa.
The Social Anthropology of Security Practices in areas affected by recurring conflicts in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uvira, Fizi, Mwenga, and Djugu territories)
This project investigates the socialization processes that (re-)configure (violent) security practices occurring in the civil wars of Central Africa.
The jihadi phenomenon in the Lake Chad Basin
How to comprehend the jihadi phenomenon in the Lake Chad Basin with the tools of the political sociology of armed mobilizations?
The Spectre of Political Induced Mobility in Kenya
This research project aims to explore how historical land grievances and post-colonial structures have contributed to political induced violence that has led to different categories of im/mobilities.
Violent collective actions and the ‘democratic transition’ in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has remained in turmoil since its recent transition that begun in 2018.