Finn Stepputat
Primary research areas
Finn Stepputat studies state-formation, sovereignty, and citizenship in areas of armed conflict and/or limited presence of the state. He asks how international crisis-intervention, local conflict dynamics, and political economy influence state building and public authority?
Current research
Finn Stepputat is currently investigating the interplay between state-building and trade & logistics in the Somali parts of East Africa. Here, ports and corridors are being developed in a field of tension between local and centralizing interests, global logistical networks, and regional powers, including Middle Eastern states, China, and Ethiopia.
Finn is furthermore working on the collection of experience with how states and other authorities have reacted to situations where high numbers of dead bodies have outstripped the capacity of designated institutions during the Covid19 pandemic. This feeds into research on the history and current development of the state in post-colonial areas.
Projects
1. Port Polities, a three-year research project that compares Somaliland and Djibouti as two port-dependent polities that are influenced by different regional powers.
2. ‘Trade makes state’, is a book-project based on the research-program ‘Governing Economic Hubs and Flows in Somali East Africa’ (GOVSEA, 2014-19)
3. ’ Burial and the politics of dead bodies in pandemic times’ is a special issue under preparation for an international journal.
Research and activites
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Book Chapter2023The political economy of Somali trade taxationAhmed Musa, Kirstine Strøh Varming & Finn Stepputat
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Book Chapter2023Finn Stepputat, Warsame Ahmed, Omer Qualonbi, Simon Wallisch & Mahad Wasuge
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Book Chapter2023Trade and state formation in Somali East Africa and beyondFinn Stepputat
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Book2022Part 2Graham Willis, Finn Stepputat & Gaëlle Clavandier
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Journal Article2021Exception and rupture?Graham Willis, Finn Stepputat & Gaëlle Clavandier
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Book2021Special issueFinn Stepputat, Graham Willis & Gaëlle Clavandier
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Journal Article2021Livestock trade, taxation and state-making in the Somali territoriesAhmed Musa, Finn Stepputat & Tobias Hagmann
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Journal Article2020Philemon Ong’ao Ng’asike, Finn Stepputat & Jesse Njoka
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Journal Article2019The makings of the Berbera corridor in Somali East AfricaFinn Stepputat & Tobias Hagmann
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Journal Article2019Logistics off the beaten pathPeer Schouten, Finn Stepputat & Jan Bachmann
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBook2019The co-production of logistical and political ordersPeer Schouten, Finn Stepputat & Jan Bachmann
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseWorking papers etc.2019Geopolitics and Statemaking in SomalilandWarsame Ahmed & Finn Stepputat
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Book Chapter2018Public Authority and Dead BodiesFinn Stepputat
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Book2018Special section, Journal of International AffairsLouise Wiuff Moe & Finn Stepputat
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Journal Article2018Finn Stepputat
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Journal Article2018Peacebuilding in an era of pragmatismLouise Wiuff Moe & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Report2017Nairobi, Beirut, Hargeisa and YangonHelene Maria Kyed, Finn Stepputat, Peter Albrecht, Lars Erslev Andersen & Maya Mynster Christensen
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Working papers etc.2016Economy and state formation in Somali East AfricaTobias Hagmann & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Report2016Urban governance and sustainable developmentFinn Stepputat & Roanne van Voorst
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBook2015Special Collection in online journal StabilityJairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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Journal Article2015Finn Stepputat
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Journal Article2015Jairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2023Jairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Finn Stepputat & Jairo Munive
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DIIS Policy Brief2019Time for a Red Sea policy?Jessica Larsen & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2018It’s time for pragmatic international engagementJairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2017From Aarhus to ManilaPeter Albrecht, Maya Mynster Christensen, Mette-Louise Johansen, Helene Maria Kyed, Paul Mutsaers, Dennis Pauschinger, Finn Stepputat, Francesco Colona, Jairo Matallana-Villarreal, Louise Wiuff Moe, Naomi von Stapele, Anna Warburg, Morten Koch Anderse…
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DIIS Policy Brief2017From the Power of Guns to Civilian AcceptanceJairo Munive, Finn Stepputat & Thomas Mandrup
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DIIS Policy Brief2016The UN's Habitat III ConferenceFinn Stepputat & Roanne van Voorst
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DIIS Policy Brief2015The UN Sustainable Development Goal 11Frida Sofie Gregersen & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2014Disarmament, demobilization and reintegrationJairo Munive & Finn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2013integrerede tilgange til konfliktramte områderFinn Stepputat
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DIIS Policy Brief2007problems, dilemmas, and guidanceFinn Stepputat