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New article: Conflits à l’Est du Congo, repenser la centralité des minerais
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.
New article: Rural Radicalism and the Tactic of Third-Party Leverage
How Acholi Peasants Drew a UN Agency into Their Struggle against Land-Grabbing by the Ugandan State
New article: Rural Radicalisms and the Politics of Order: Authority, Precarity, and Globality in Africa
This special issue traces new forms and practices of rural radicalism.
New Book Chapter Publication: “Democratic Republic of the Congo” in Africa Yearbook Vol. 20
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.
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.
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?
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.
The Political Ecology of Conservation Conflicts
This study goes beyond Human-Wildlife Conflict to explore the broader multi-scalar politics that produce both conservation and its conflicts