Current research projects
This is a list of current research projects at the Institute.
Collective Organisation among Informal Workers in
African Cities
(started in 2004). Ilda Lourenço-Lindell
Conflict and State building in the Horn of Africa
(started in 2010). Redie Bereketeab
Cultural Images in and of Africa
(started in 1995). Mai Palmberg
Gendering and (Un)Gendering Police Reform: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
(started in 2010). Maria Eriksson Baaz
Informal Security Structures in the Mano River Region: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
(started in 2007). Mats Utas (co-organized with Magnus Jörgel, FHS)
Land Governance, sustainability and poverty in rural Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
(started in 2006). Kjell Havnevik
Money from abroad: Migrant remittances and social inequality in a transnational setting
(started in 2010). Lisa Åkesson
Persons and Property in Kilimanjaro: Claims, Development, and Legal Anthropology
(started in 2006). Knut Christian Myhre
Post-Conflict Transition, the State and Civil Society in Africa
(started in 2005). Cyril I. Obi
Productivity Potentials and Poverty in Relation to Sub-Saharan Agriculture
(started in 2009). Mats Hårsmar
The Politics of Belonging and Exclusion:
(started in 2010). Anders Sjögren
Young women in African Wars
(started in 2007). Mats Utas
Youth and marginality in urban Sierra Leone
(started in 2004). Mats Utas