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Supervision Gemma van der Haar

My research is located at the intersection of development sociology and conflict studies. I have a particular interest in issues of ordering, governance and state formation in conflict and disaster ‐ affected settings.

Themes for thesis research

I am interested to supervise thesis in the broad domain of conflict, post ‐ conflict and post ‐ disaster reconstruction and governance.

Fields of Expertise

Everyday politics of conflict and recovery, with a focus (a.o.) on:

Land governance
Local governance/state formation
Gender
Youth

Geographical Area

Various. Currently:

Great Lakes region in Africa
Colombia

Previous: Mexico

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Keywords

Conflict, post‐conflict and post‐disaster reconstruction, governance/emerging institutions, state formation

Key notions

Institutional multiplicity (hybrid political orders)
Practice approach to governance (‘governing practices’)
Local governance as an arena (accommodation, mutual adjustment, contestation)
Everyday forms of state formation
State formation and human security ‘from below’
Everyday politics of crisis and reconstruction
Power (in these processes) as relational and socially negotiated; authority and legitimacy as socially constructed.