M. Stella Riva is a PhD candidate whose research examines conflict–city dynamics in Northern Mozambique, building on a Master’s degree in European and International Studies and further training in the NGOs sector and Mental Health Space in Africa.
Drawing on hands-on experience in Kenya and Mozambique, her ethnographic, community-based fieldwork explores how conflict-induced mobility reshapes rural–urban relations and camp practices in Pemba.
Her work also intersects with broader anthropological perspectives on humanitarianism, perceptions of violence, governmentality, capacity to aspire, and the hidden social and psychological dimensions of conflict.
Drawing on hands-on experience in Kenya and Mozambique, her ethnographic, community-based fieldwork explores how conflict-induced mobility reshapes rural–urban relations and camp practices in Pemba.
Her work also intersects with broader anthropological perspectives on humanitarianism, perceptions of violence, governmentality, capacity to aspire, and the hidden social and psychological dimensions of conflict.