Thematic focus

Violent Conflict Insurgencies, rebel governance, armed groups, ethic violence, political violence, repressive state, governance through violence, natural resource conflicts, civil war, human rights
Political Processes Authoritarianism, democratisation, violent democracies, public authority, political Islam, regional integration
Development models Post –conflict and fragile contexts, rural/urban development, international governance actors, development aid, resource frontiers
Colonialism Indigenous rights , settler colonialism, decolonisation
Contentious Politics Social movements, community governance, social protest
Research Ethics Research collaboration, academic decolonisation, gender, fieldwork