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New Publication: The coloniality of power in Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Settlement
This paper addresses the complexity of studying the coloniality of humanitarianism and present-day relationships of power and authority in refugee settings.
New Publication: Understanding Myanmar’s Pro-democracy Movement
The third anniversary of the coup by the junta was recently marked in Myanmar. The democracy movement has come a long way and has transitioned into a new phase.
New Publication: Transitional justice interventions in Sri Lanka: why do they keep failing?
How can a country meaningfully commit to transitional justice interventions when ethnocracy and majoritarianism remain deeply entrenched in its political, legal and constitutional structures?
Workshop: The political economy and governance of river sand commodity chains in Ethiopia
The workshop highlighted the governance of river sand commodity chains in Ethiopia to reduce the socio-ecological implications of sand extraction and ensure sustainability.
CRG Book Launch: The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan – Waging War by Law by Adam Baczko
The book explores how the Taliban used the law as a resource in its conflict with militarily and technologically superior Western armies. While the international coalition set up an inadequate and corrupt legal system, the Taliban set up hundreds of courts in the countryside. By insisting on due process, impartiality of judges, and the enforcement of verdicts, this system of justice established itself as one of the few sources of predictability in the daily lives of Afghans.”
New Publication: Elections are not an end in itself Reflecting on the challenges facing Félix Tshisekedi’s second term
Published by Governance in Conflict Network.
New Publication: Mujib’s Two Bodies: Memorial Populism in Bangladesh
Chapter is published in the edited volume Claiming the People's Past: Populist Politics of History in the Twenty-First Century,
New Publication: Wellbeing and collective grievances among farmers
The case of Flanders, Belgium
Lecture: ‘A fluid that sticks: notes on oil production in Kazakhstan’
On May 21, 2024 (TUE) Maurizio Totaro will discuss the social, political and environmental effects of hydrocarbon extraction in the western regions of Kazakhstan, where most of the oil and gas fields are located.
Lecture: Histor(iograph)y: an ideological-identitarian frontline? Gulag commemoration and nation-building in Kazakhstan
On May 7, 2024. Although the Soviet Union’s Gulag system is popularly mostly associated with Siberia, some of its major branches, like Karlag and Steplag, were situated and operating (1930-1959) in what is now Kazakhstan.