Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Academic Interests: 

Jeroen Cuvelier's research interests are anthropology of mining, the social life of policy, and gender dynamics in the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In his current research, he focuses on the impact of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the dynamics of belonging among displaced people in the Congolese Lualaba province.

Keywords: artisanal and small-scale mining, large-scale mining, politics of belonging, place belongingness, masculinities, MIDR, Lualaba.   

Courses:

• Politics and Globalization in Central and Eastern Africa
• Politiek-Wetenschappelijke Methoden, module on ethnography

Contact:

T +32(0)9 264 67 94

F +32(0)9 264 69 97

Jeroen.Cuvelier@UGent.be

Website: researchgate.net

Current Research Projects:

• The politics of hidden urbanisation in D.R. Congo
• The politics of time at the ASM-LSM interface in southeastern D.R. of Congo

Projects under supervision

• Landlessness and resistance in the Phulbari coal project, Bangladesh (contact: Mohammad Atique Rahman)

Past Research Projects:

• The impact of mining-induced displacement on the dynamics of belonging among displaced people in Lualaba province, DR Congo (2016-2019)
• The socio-economic impact of artisanal and small-scale mining in eastern DRC (2012-2015)

Publications: