Experts |
| Andersen, Louise Riis, PhD, Project Researcher |
| Security-development nexus; International policies towards fragile states; Peacebuilding and statebuilding; Security Sector Reform; UN peace operations. Contact: E: lan@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8698 |
| Buur, Lars, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| Elites and the new Poverty Agenda; Informal economy and politics in Southern Africa; Authority, state and sovereignty. Contact: E: lbu@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8651 |
| Engberg-Pedersen, Lars, PhD, Senior Researcher, Head of the research unit on Politics and development |
| Research and consultancy work within state formation, democracy, decentralisation, public sector reform, civil society, local politics, poverty reduction, institutional analysis with a focus on West Africa Contact: E: lep@diis.dk T: +45 3269 8695 |
| Kyed, Helene Maria, PhD, Project Researcher |
| Traditional authority in Mozambique in particular and Sub-Saharan Africa in general; post-conflict state formation, authority and citizenship; democratic decentralization and community participation; interactions between formal and informal justice enforcement institutions; community policing and internal security sector reform in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contact: E: hmk@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8649 |
| Munive Rincon, Jairo, PhD, Project researcher |
| Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants; Youth employment and socio-economic reintegration in fragile states; Forced migration and displacement; Liberia, Sudan, Colombia. Contact: E: jari@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8706 |
| Patey, Luke, PhD, Project Researcher |
| Civil war and the peace process in Sudan. The influence of oil, minerals and other natural resources on conflict and development. Corporate responsibility and social investment in conflict zones. China and India in Africa. Energy security (China and India) and Asian National Oil Companies. The international oil market and other extractive industries. Contact: E: lpa@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8959 |
| Stepputat, Finn, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| Issues related to violent conflict such as forced migration, relief, resettlement, rehabilitation and state formation. Also more generally stateformation, sovereignty, citizenship and democratization in areas of weak and contested state authority. Contact: E: fst@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8685 |
| Therkildsen, Ole, MA, MSc, Senior Researcher |
| Research and consultancy work on state-building, public sector reform, decentralisation, service provision, taxation and capacity development in the public sector - mainly in East Africa. Contact: E: oth@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8714 |
| Webster, Neil, PhD, Senior Researcher (on leave until 30-06-12) |
| Democracy, local government reform; the local politics of access and accountability in government service provision and development activities; government and non-government organisations’ roles in rural development; elites and policy making; the study of poverty and poverty reduction; South Asia with particular focus on India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Contact: E: nwe@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8735 |

