Research

My research focuses on the local aspects of peace and peacebuilding in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am looking at how peace is conceptualised and discussed, specifically, in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, a predominantly mining area. In a relatively "stable" area, I aim to explore different meanings of peace and how it relates to the everyday realities in Lubumbashi.

Working Research Title: Situated Peace, Everyday Peace: Contextualised Practices of Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peacebuilding in the eastern DRC
Local activist/CSO conceptualisations of peace and peacebuilding in Lubumbashi
Women, peace and security
Decolonisation and Decolonising peace/peacebuilding

Supervised by:

Dr Lyndsay McLean

Dr Lara Montesinos Coleman