People
Core Staff
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Gerhard Anders | Senior Lecturer in African Studies - International Development | Anthropology of development,Anthropology of Law,International criminal justice,Transitional justice,Law Anthropology, institutions and State policies,Law and Development | 4.06 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 131 651 3178 Gerhard.Anders@ed.ac.uk |
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Barbara Bompani | Reader in Africa & International Development;Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | African Christianity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Development, Faith-based organisations (FBOs), Religion and Sexuality, LGBTI rights in Africa, public morality, Ugandan Pentecostalism, South African politics. | 1.08 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 651 3891 B.Bompani@ed.ac.uk |
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Andrew Bowman | Lecturer in Africa and International Development | economic development,Mining and the extractive industries;,agricultural development,Energy & Infrastructure,Political economy,Science,technology and development,Global Value Chains,industrial policy | 2.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 651 1617 andrew.bowman@ed.ac.uk |
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Sidy Cissokho | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | ethnography,International Relations,norm diffusion,Policy construction,Political representation,State formation,privatisation,Roads and infrastructure,trade unions,Senegal | 4.02 21 Buccleuch Place +44 (0) 131 6511 790 Sidy.Cissokho@ed.ac.uk |
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Sarah Jane Cooper-Knock | Lecturer in International Development (CAS and Anthropology) | Access to justice,Social Justice,Criminal Justice,Civil Justice,civil society,police,security,African security,African studies,South African politics,South Africa | 4.30 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3936 s.j.cooperknock@ed.ac.uk |
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Maggie Dwyer | Research Fellow | African politics,militaries,Security Studies,International Relations,peacekeeping,Social media,West Africa,Elections,African studies | 4.12 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 651 5076 M.Dwyer@ed.ac.uk |
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Jean-Benoit Falisse | Lecturer in Africa and International Development | African Great Lakes region,Health policy,Access to justice,Access to education,Migration and development,Fragile states,Media and conflict | 4.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 131 651 1632 jb.falisse@ed.ac.uk |
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Hazel Gray | Lecturer in African Studies and Development | 5.26 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)1316515534 Hazel.Gray@ed.ac.uk |
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Morten Jerven | Chair of Africa and International Development | Economic History,Statistics,history of statistics,Economic Growth,State formation | 4.05 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)1316515355 morten.jerven@ed.ac.uk |
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Chisomo Kalinga | Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Fellow | Medical Humanities,Illness narratives,Narrative Medicine,Disease as Metaphor,Arts & Humanities-based research methodologies,participatory action resarch,Oral & print literary cultures,History of Medicine in Malawi,Traditional healing practices | G.3 22a Buccleuch Place +44(0)1316 515118 Chisomo.Kalinga@ed.ac.uk |
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George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane | Lecturer in African Studies | nationalism and the post-colonial state in Africa,Zimbabwe,Colonial/imperial history,legal history,history of the legal profession,Human rights,digital research,digital publics and counterpublics,Digital humanities,Media and society,new media | 4.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 651 3206 G.karekwaivanane@ed.ac.uk |
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Hugh Lamarque | Research Fellow | African security,ethnography,Regionalism,governance,Policing,state-society relations,Territorial Politics,Non-state actors | Rm. 4.02 21 Buccleuch Place +44 (0)7948385942 hugh.lamarque@ed.ac.uk |
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Jose-Maria Munoz | Lecturer in African Studies & International Development | Political and economic anthropology,Law and society,Taxation and citizenship,Borderlands,Infrastructure,West and Central Africa,Cameroon | 2.01 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 131 650 6970 j.munoz@ed.ac.uk |
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Zoe Marks | Chancellor's Fellow (Lecturer) | Peace and conflict,Rebellion and civil war,Gender and Development,Gender and Violence,International development,African studies,IR and Security studies,Comparative Politics | 4.07 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 8265 zoe.marks@ed.ac.uk |
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Albert Mkony | Tutor, Researcher and Swahili Language Assistant - African Studies and International Politics | Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Albert.Mkony@ed.ac.uk |
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Thomas Molony | Senior Lecturer in African Studies & Director, Centre of African Studies (CAS) | African elections,African security,African politics,Tanzania,Kenya,East Africa,Swahili,Research methods in Africa,African informal economies,Mobile phones in Africa,ICT in Africa,African Studies,African history,African biography,Social media | 4.04 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 6976 Thomas.Molony@ed.ac.uk |
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Paul Nugent | Professor of Comparative African History (School of History, Classics and Archaeology) & African Studies (School of Social and Political Science) | African borderlands,Wine history,Comparative African History,African militaries and bureaucracies,Colonial/imperial history,Slavery and Slave Trade,Ghana politics and history,Trade and transport,Customs and Taxation | Room 4.01, 4F1 18 Buccleuch Place +44 (0)131 650 3879 Paul.Nugent@ed.ac.uk |
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Rick Rohde | Research Fellow | Political ecology,Land reform,Politics of climate change science,Historical ecology,Visual ethnography | Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square 0131 332 4147 and 01599 235023 Rick.Rohde@ed.ac.uk |
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James Smith | Vice Principal International; Professor of African and Development Studies | African development,Science,technology and development,Global health policy,Neglected Zoonotic and Tropical Diseases,anthropology of development | 4.02 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 4321 James.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
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Sam Spiegel | Senior Lecturer in International Development and Director of Research, Centre of African Studies | B.02 19 George Square +44 (0) 131 651 3066 sam.spiegel@ed.ac.uk |
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Kate Symons | Career Development Fellow - International Development | International development,Political ecology,Extractive industries and resource governance,Conservation and development,blockchain | 4.13 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square K.Symons@ed.ac.uk |
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Kate Wright | Chancellor's Fellow in the Cultural and Creative Industries | Media,Global justice,Humanitarian intervention,Norms,organizations and institutions,Rights,digital publics and counterpublics,Technology and society,Human rights,,Sociology of Knowledge,Humanitarian Technology,Communication theories,Media and society,Protest | B.05 21 George Square 0131 651 5592 Kate.Wright@ed.ac.uk |
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Wolfgang Zeller | Senior Research Fellow - African Governance and Space project (AFRIGOS) | political anthropology,political geography,African borderlands,secessionism,border towns,Policing,vigilantism,smuggling,transport corridors,Mineral extraction,Namibia,Zambia,Lozi kingdom,Uganda,port cities,'traditional' authority,Roads and infrastructure | 4.02 21 Buccleuch Place +44 (0)131 651 3134 wolfgang.zeller@ed.ac.uk |