Senior Lecturer @africanstudies focused on politics, security, & development in Africa; Co-Director @ceseredinburgh; PRIO Global Fellow
Edinburgh
Joined March 2009
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Happy to have my new article out in @IAJournal_CH on peacekeeping contributions from Gambia during Jammeh’s authoritarian rule. Part of special section on PKO's transformative effects-edited by @lukepatey @peteralalbrecht @pdwilliamsgwu & @abrahamsen_rita. academic.oup.com/ia/article/…
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ACORDS PhD Studentship: The Fossil Fuel industry and the Commercial Determinants of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Apply for this studentship at SPS by 31 October.
Find out more at bit.ly/SPS-ACORDS
Looking forward to this discussion next week with @sabrinamkarim, Debey Sayndee and Addison Barton, based on recent research with returned peacekeepers in West Africa. Online, open to all, registration link below.
Exciting post-doc opportunities to work with @africanstudies colleague on AI and data workers, including focus on Colombia, Kenya, Uganda, and India
Come work with me. @UKRI_News -funded project on Planetary AI. #UKRIFLF
Positions: Research Fellow (X2).
Duration: 42 months.
Location: Edinburgh.
Links to apply given below.
Get in touch if you have questions.
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Mark your calendars! 🗓️ Our second #PolicyBrief webinar launch is happening October 23rd at 9 AM EST!
REGISTER HERE: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#ElsieInitiative #WomenInPeacekeeping @sabrinamkarim @GAC_Corporate @WomenPeaceSec @UNPeacekeeping @ElsieFund
Much needed article on Guinea three years on from the coup, w/ excellent analysis of dynamics that have led to the all too familiar patterns of increased repression & growth of military rivalries following coup
It’s been three years since Mamadi Doumbouya took power in #Guinea, on 5 September 2021. I have a short piece just out with a colleague in @africaarguments. africanarguments.org/2024/09… A thread. 1/17
With start of Aug, very happy to share news of my promotion to Senior Lecturer effective as of today. Fortunate to have so much support near and far. Celebrating w/ a break from it all in the Alps :)
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Call for papers now open for next academic year's CAS
conference in Edinburgh in April 2025. Theme is ‘Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa.’ Deadline to submit abstracts: 30th August 2024.
Lucky to spend the last few days talking about research on experiences of peacekeepers from Sierra Leone and Liberia w/ @sabrinamkarim, @ClairMacD and Debey Sayndee. Thanks to Global Strategic Collaboration Grant from @EdinburghGlobal & @CornellGlobal.
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In this story by @ClairMacD & @MagDwyer, peacekeepers have a chance to say how they feel about their work
With original pix of Liberian troops
#PKDay @UN_Liberia
passblue.com/2024/05/27/troo…
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𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!📣
❓What is a #peacekeeping army?
❓Why do some states develop them?
❓What influence do they have on #military organizations, their soldiers & peacekeeping more broadly?
@PDWilliamsGWU & I address these❓in our new @IAJournal_CH ▶ academic.oup.com/ia/article-… 🧵
My new chapter is out in this all too timely book: ‘The Resurgence of Military Coups & Democratic Relapse in Africa’ ed. by A. Akinola. My contribution is on coups & internal military dynamics. Others on regional orgs, foreign mil actors, case studies, etc link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Former Police Inspector General and Minister of Interior in #Gambia under Pres. Jammeh found guilty of crimes against humanity- the most high-profile of several Jammeh-associates being tried abroad for human rights abuses
#Gambia #Switzerland The Federal Criminal Court’s Criminal Chamber has found Ousman SONKO guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to a prison term of 20 yrs. The court's press release attached
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Why do non-democratic countries contribute towards peacekeeping missions?
@MagDwyer draw on interviews with soldiers and military decision makers in The Gambia to answer this puzzle. Read her #free article 👉doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae056
It explores aims to use peacekeeping for regime maintenance. But, interviews shows how these goals can be misaligned w soldiers' experience. Rather than draw soldiers closer to the regime, the peacekeeping experience led to a distancing from the forces for soldiers on return home
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This is a great issue. The article on Burkina Faso is particularly well done, looking at what very much appears to be forced conscription of dissidents.
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A highlight of our conference with @ceseredinburgh this week was beautiful exhibit on women's peace movement in DR Congo by Camille Maubert and Hugh Kinsella Cunningham. Thanks for sharing the work and stories with us Camille!
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What a privilege to have been part of @africanstudies #conference at Uni of #Edinburgh!
Packed days of discussions & meeting colleagues! An honour to present alongside @waltkilroy under @GerhardAnders’s keen insights.
👏🏻👏🏻 to @MagDwyer & Akin Iwilade’s stellar organisation!
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I am not really active on "former Twitter" nowadays, but want to join my voice to thank @MagDwyer, Akin Iwilade and everyone else at @africanstudies for this excellent conference! Very much appreciated the strong finish with pioneers @EroComfort and Cyril Obi in conversation!
Two days of excellent discussion and enjoyable meet ups on African studies. Many thanks to all, especially @MagDwyer @annelaure_mahe at @africanstudies and @ceseredinburgh
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