On Tuesday 11 October Liberia is holding presidential and general elections. The researchers of The Nordic Africa Institute will be available to provide analyses and answer questions from journalists.
The researcher Mats Utas is a Cultural Anthropologist who has written several books and many research articles on the civil war in Liberia. He has also been a lecturer at the University of Liberia. In late October Mats will travel to Liberia to conduct field work. Phone: +46 18 56 22 32.
Peace and conflict researcher Anders Themnér is an expert on informal military networks in post-civil war societies. He recently returned after field work in Liberia. Phone: +46 18 56 22 46.
Current and upcoming research projects related to Liberia:
– The Informal Realities of Peacebuilding – Military Networks and Former Mid-Level Commanders in Post-War Liberia. [Ref 1] Funded by Sida. Coordinators: Mats Utas and Anders ThemnĂ©r.
– Navigating between Big Man Politics and Democratisation: Local Perceptions and Individual Agency in Processes of Electoral Violence. Focus on Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. Funded by Swedish Research Council. Coordinators: Mats Utas, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and Johanna Söderström.’
You can also find information on Liberia on the Nordic Africa Institute’s Guide To Africa [Ref 2].
The Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for research, documentation and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the Institute is dedicated to providing timely, critical and alternative research and analysis of Africa in the Nordic countries and to strengthen the co-operation between African and Nordic researchers.
Press contact:
Johan Sävström
Phone:
018 471 52 96
Mobile phone:
070 167 96 85
3 June, 2011 - The Nordic Africa Institute
On 15-18 June the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) is held in Uppsala, a meeting place for Africa-researchers from all over the world. In about 160 panels and roundtables scholars meet to discuss current, important issues concerning Africa. ECAS also provides an opportunity for journalists to meet experts on a wide range of issues and countries.
31 May, 2010 - The Nordic Africa Institute
A singular focus on rape hampers efforts to combat sexual gender-based violence in conflict, according to new findings in a report on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To improve the situation of women, it is also necessary to understand the context in which violence is being committed and to work with men and boys, both as perpetrators and as victims of gender-based violence.
7 May, 2010 - The Nordic Africa Institute
The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) today opens the Nordic Africa Development Policy Forum online, taking advantage of the potential of the web for stimulating lively exchange in real time. The Forum aims to promote a well informed, evidence-based policy debate across the Nordic countries, with participation from researchers and policy makers, as well as from civil society and members of the public. NAI invites everyone with an interest in African development issues to participate.
28 April, 2010 - The Nordic Africa Institute
Africa’s economic and political position in the world is changing drastically. One and a half years ago, economic growth on the continent was significantly stronger. Since then, the financial crisis has changed the conditions. Simultaneously, there is a global shift in economic power from West to East in which new superpowers are entering. The Nordic Africa Institute’s Annual Report 2009 reflects on some of the new challenges Africa is currently facing.
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P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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