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My academic work focuses on democratic politics, citizenship, de facto sovereignty and public authority in societies riven by conflict and/or civil war. I trained as a Development Sociologist and as a Political Geographer and my work has traversed several disciplines since then, including Anthropology, International Relations, Conflict Studies and Area Studies.

Most of my initial work gravitated around Sri Lanka, but more recently I have done research on Northern Cyprus. I am currently deepening my knowledge about the other two project case contexts: Catalonia and Kurdistan.

Before joining Ghent University, I worked at the School of Global Studies of Gothenburg University (2020-2025), the School of Social and Political Sciences of Melbourne University (2014-2019) and the Geographical Institute of Zurich University (2008-2012). Prior to that, I conducted applied research at Clingendael Institute (The Hague, 2003-2005 ) and independently (Bart Klem Research, 2005-2012).

Webpages:

• Personal webpage
• UGent
• Orcid
• Researchgate