Karen Büscher
Academic Interests:
Karen Büscher's area of research interest is the relationship between violent conflict and urbanization in Eastern D.R. Congo. More specifically she focuses on urban governance in civil war, humanitarian urbanism, urban impacts of forced displacement and rural-urban transformation.
Courses:
Contact:
T +32(0)9 264 67 94
F +32(0)9 264 69 97
Current Research Projects:
Projects under supervision:
- The dynamics of urbanisation, development and ethnic contestation in peri-urban Ethiopia (contact: Ayehu Bacha)
Past Research Projects:
- Conflict, State Failure an Urban Transformation in Goma, eastern DRC
Publications: Ghent University Academic Bibliography