Position: Professor & CRG Director 

Academic Interests:

His area of expertise includes conflict dynamics in Central Africa, with a specific focus on public authority, armed groups, resource governance and land issues. He currently conducts research on networks of conflict, politics of resistance and armed groups in eastern DRC. He is also a visiting professor at the LSE and investigator of a number of international research projects.

Keywords: Civil war, armed groups, resources, governance.

Courses:

•  Area Study Sub-Saharan Africa

Contact:

T +32(0)9 264 69 15

F +32(0)9 264 69 97

Koen.Vlassenroot@Ugent.be

 Website: academia.edu

Current Research Projects:

• Pro Paix
• The politics of Return 
• Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID)
• Conflict Research Programme

Research Projects under Supervision: 

• On the pursuit of Islamic Statehood (Marte Beldé)
• Polisi Siku Kwa Siku (contact: Michel Thill)
• Analyzing conflict mobilities from Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement: embedding refugee mobility into the broader migration (hi)story of Central-East Africa (Jolien Tegenbos)

Publications: