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Armed politics
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.
The making of youth in violent conflict
Youths position themselves at the forefront of contemporary violent conflicts worldwide. While violent conflict has often been used as a synonym for (civil) war, for this special issue, we define it more broadly as conflict that involves (groups of) people resorting to violent action and physical violence against others.
Populism in the era of soundbite politics: A conversation with Journalists and Researchers from Southern and Eastern Africa as well as South and South-East Asia
Populism is a global phenomenon, yet it takes distinct local and regional shapes. Often conceptualized as a discursive style (cf. Laclau 2005), populism has increasingly been analysed through its socio-cultural performative elements (i.e., Ostiguy, Panizza and Moffit 2021)
Populism in conflict
Populism has become a buzzword in popular and media discourses in recent years. Academic debates on the concept of populism—what it is and is not, where to look for it, and its normative prescription—have been highly contested.