China has re-engaged on a large scale on the African continent in recent years.
This second workshop on the topic is organized jointly by the CSCW, the World Bank and the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University.
The PRIO Gender Team has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Prof Sheila Meintjes, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
MidEast Breakfast with Pavel Baev & Pinar Tank
She has received an ERC Consolidator grant for the project VERSUS - Violence, Elites and Resilience in States under Stress, which will start up later this year.
Book chapter in The Good Drone. London: Ashgate
Conference paper
Conference paper
Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal article in Social Change and Development
Master thesis
NISAT/PRIO/BASIC Report
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