Affiliated Researchers
The African Studies Center welcomes Visiting Researchers and Research Affiliates—post-doctoral researchers in a wide array of fields and regional specialties within African studies—as part of its scholarly community. Affiliate researchers are often invited to share publications, lectures, and updates with the ASC community and receive access to BU library and archival resources, among other benefits.
Guidelines for Research Affiliations
Current Affiliated Researchers
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Dan Connell
Human rights and development in transitional societies; refugees, forced migration and trafficking; Eritrea, Sudan
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Casey Golomski
Illness, aging and death in southern Africa; AIDS and funeral practices; medical anthropology; housing and social welfare
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Christopher C. Graham
Climate adaptation, climate migration, environmental governance, environmental data, green art, sustainability, urban planning & African mega cities
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Samantha Lakin
transitional justice, human security, international negotiation, gender and identity, oral history testimonies in post-atrocity settings, Great Lakes region of Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Uganda)
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Susanne Mueller
Democratization, conflict, development; eastern and southern Africa; personal website
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Daivi Rodima-Taylor
Mutual help associations and cooperative work; fiduciary culture, savings/credit, and remittances; informal public authority and vigilantism; land and resource tenure; Tanzania; eastern Africa
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Marc Sommers
Youth, peacebuilding, security, CVE and gender research in 16 war-affected African countries; next book: We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror & War in Sierra Leone (2023)
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