This article contributes to the anthropological scholarship on citizenship and unrecognized states by analyzing how people grapple with the convoluted legal landscape of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

Sovereign Performance is a research project focused on the political repertoires of democratic movements that strive for independence or autonomy.

The article examines how and why dangerous imaginaries are constructed.

This article, based on fieldwork conducted in Argentina between 2019 and 2024, is published in the Agriculture and Human Values journal

This article uses an in-country comparative approach to investigate the governance of artisanal and small-scale river sand mining in Bangladesh, focusing particularly on sector heterogeneity, tax farming and power imbalances.

Regional and international initiatives to end the war between M23/AFC and the Congolese government are multiplying, leading to mounting pressure on the belligerents to negotiate through sanctions and direct engagement.

It examines how present-day Kazakhstan tries to accommodate the existence and function of the Karlag branches of the Soviet Gulag system in the Kazakh Soviet republic.

It looks at the political developments within Ethiopia in the last decade, and their effects on freedom of academic work and thought as well as on material conditions within the country.

This photo essay argues that cattle markings have had an intrinsic connection to cattle mobility across and within borders.

Two decades after the adoption of a constitution brought about by the Global and Inclusive Agreement (AGI), a full-scale war once again threatens the stability of the regime in the DRC.

The aim of this paper is to explore the changes to agrarian structures in Argentina.

An analysis of barriers to aid among Flemish farmers with Lien Messely, Charlotte Prové and Arthur Sanders

This report examines Bukumu’s key social, political, geographic, and economic features.

Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas

A new political system with old parties, published with Christian Wagner on SWP (in german)

Humanitarian no-go area, or unconventional humanitarian space?

Published open access in Cultural Anthropology

Published with Magnus Hatlebakk and Mohammad Atique Rahman in the Journal of International Development

A look at (potential) enhancers and impediments.

The report explores the stakeholders involved, governance structures, and socio- ecological impacts of sand mining in the Alage and Sankura districts of Ethiopia.

Rethinking the centrality of minerals for conflicts in the DRC, this article is part of a special issue in Alternatives Sud on the reproduction of predations in Congo.

How Acholi Peasants Drew a UN Agency into Their Struggle against Land-Grabbing by the Ugandan State

This special issue traces new forms and practices of rural radicalism.

Two dynamics dominated the political and social context in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One was the electoral process, and the second dynamic was the further intensification of the conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 in North Kivu Province.

Published by Governance in Conflict Network.

Disrupted Development in the Congo: The Fragile Foundations of the African Mining Consensus. Author: Ben Radley Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, 224 pp., ISBN: 9780192849052 (hardback); ISBN: 9780191944321 (e-book)

Bangladesh's interim government faces tough challenges in restoring democracy amid the fallout from Sheikh Hasina's regime collapse and the delicate balance of power.

Bangladesh is witnessing a renewed wave of student-led protests, pushing the Awami League government to the brink of collapse.

The article argues that information warfare amplifies with the advent of social media.

This article describes the ordinary violence that plagued rural Burkina Faso.

This dataset is a collection of 12,478 social media comments related to the Moro identity and armed conflict in the southern Philippines.

Green colonialism has emerged as a defining feature of contemporary capitalism, particularly within the context of decarbonization efforts.

By adopting digital tools, the digital humanities brings transformative change in
humanities research and teaching.

This paper addresses the complexity of studying the coloniality of humanitarianism and present-day relationships of power and authority in refugee settings.

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.

How can a country meaningfully commit to transitional justice interventions when ethnocracy and majoritarianism remain deeply entrenched in its political, legal and constitutional structures?

Published by Governance in Conflict Network.

Chapter is published in the edited volume Claiming the People's Past: Populist Politics of History in the Twenty-First Century,

The case of Flanders, Belgium

French edition of Christoph Vogel's book on conflict minerals and white saviourism out soon with Goma-based Editions Mlimani.

Transformative (gender) justice, musical spatialities and creative performance in periods of transition from violence

The report discusses the way in which climate change effects play out locally in South Kivu’s Ruzizi Plain, and how they interact with, add to, or alter existing conflict dynamics in this territory.

This contribution to the virtual encyclopedia on postcolonial hierarchies in peace and conflict provides perspectives on North–South collaborative conflict research.

Interview for rfi on the gradual withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Monusco.

Interview for Actualite.cd on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Union and Rwanda on sustainable value chains for raw materials.

Interview for Radio 1 'De Wereld Vadaag" on farmer's protests in Belgium.

This contribution is a dialogue between two Conflict Studies academics, who have both invested in close research collaboration.

This article explores how decentralisation policy and specifically the establishment of communes rurales in DR Congo turned into a profoundly destabilising juncture, shaking existing governance arrangements