Simon Turner

PhD International Development Studies
Senior Researcher, research unit on Migration
T: +45 3269 8709 (cell: +45 2825 8848), E: , F: +45 3269 8600

Expertise

Diaspora; conflict; forced migration; religion; youth; secrecy and conspiracy theories; corruption; ethnicity; post-conflict transitions; genocide; humanitarian relief agencies; gender; Central and East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda and Zanzibar).

Selected projects and programmes

Diaspora politics and post-conflict transition in Burundi and Rwanda.

Youth and Nationbuilding in Rwanda.

Secrecy, conspiracy and sovereignty.

Selected publications

Turner, Simon (2010): Politics of Innocence: Hutu Identity, Conflict and Camp Life, Berghahn Books, Oxford & New York.

Turner, Simon (2009): ‘These Young Men Show No Respect for Local Customs’—Globalisation and Islamic Revival in Zanzibar, Journal of Religion in Africa. Vol 39, Issue 3, pp 1-25.

Turner, Simon (2008): Cyberwars of Words: Expressing the Unspeakable in Burundi's Diaspora, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 34 Issue 7, 1161

Turner, Simon (2008): The waxing and waning of the political field in Burundi and its diaspora, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 31 Issue 4, 742

Turner, Simon and Henrik Vigh (eds) (2007) Usynlighed – globaliseringens blinde vinkler. (Invisibility – the blind spots of globalization). Den Ny Verden 40:2.

Selected commissioned works

Diaspora engagement in post-conflict Burundi. World Bank Report. With Birgitte Mossin. 2008.

Youth and political participation in Rwanda. Report on behalf of the Danish Youth Council. (DUF). With Elisabeth Moltke. 2009.

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