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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.

From Land Occupations Towards Permanent Settlements, a Case of the Serikat Petani Pasundan in West-Java, Indonesia

This study attempts to contribute towards enriching the iteration of public authority to a more inclusive manner that also emphasizes the peasant class as a political force.

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.

Gender, Climate Change and Conflict in practice: Adaptation, Resilience and Sustainable Peace in the Africa Great Lakes Region

This project aims to map and examine how local communities in general, and women’s movements in particular, adapt and remain resilient in settings where climate change is exacerbating protracted conflict.

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?

Gender, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

With this project, we propose a deeper critical interrogation of what meanings gender equality and women’s empowerment assume in natural resource management initiatives in conflict-affected countries.

Decolonising social norms change: An analysis of the politics of knowledge production in relation to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and child marriage

Warfare and the nature of conflict have substantially changed over the last 40 years. Yet, the procedures and content of peace agreements have not evolved with this change.