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Angus Hervey
The political economy of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa: the impact of economic liberalisation and the role of domestic institutions on deforestation in Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania: I'm interested in analysing the impact of trade and financial liberalisation and the role of governance and domestic institutional design on levels of deforestation in eastern and southern Africa during the last 20 years. My research utilises a mixed methodology approach, incorporating fieldwork in Zambia and Mozambique (and possibly Tanzania) as well as a global quantitative study of drivers of deforestation using satellite survey data. The project is an attempt to answer questions about why economic liberalisation, in conjunction with and in relation to different types of institutional arrangements, has had different kind of effects on deforestation in a number of different southern African countries. The goal is to better understand one of the many complex global and local processes driving deforestation in developing countries, and hopefully, to provide some new ideas about how deforestation might be avoided in the years to come. Key words: deforestation, sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, trade, development, liberalisation, structural adjustment, institutions.
Supervisor: Professor Dr David Held
|Contact: a.i.fane-hervey@lse.ac.uk|
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Sasha Jesperson
Global Politics The Security-Development Nexus in Post-conflict Reconstruction: An Avenue to Human Security: The security-development nexus in post-conflict reconstruction should provide human security for people in conflict-affected areas: freedom from fear and freedom from want. However, the mixed results of post-conflict interventions rarely achieve both sides of human security. Although scholars are sceptical of the security-development nexus, practitioners are executing it with enthusiasm. A number of components within post-conflict reconstruction have merged security and development measures, including security sector reform, rule of law and good governance. My research aims to explore the tensions between security and development to determine why human security is not successfully being delivered in post-conflict areas. My research compares recent post-conflict reconstruction initiatives in West Africa and the Western Balkans to examine how these tensions play out in post-colonial and post-communist contexts.
Supervisor: Dr Denisa Kostovicova
|Contact: s.jesperson@lse.ac.uk|
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Eleanor Knott
Global Politics The performance and imaginings of identity among kin communities: the national identity of Romanians beyond Romania: My research will investigate relations between kin-state and minority, exploring how Romania is institutionalising links to its (imagined) diaspora in Moldova and Ukraine, and how this is affecting the identification of these communities with Romania. It will also consider how these relations exist across the EU/Schengen border zone, while forming part of Russia's near abroad and the EU neighbourhood.
Supervisor: Dr Denisa Kostovicova
|Contact: e.k.knott@lse.ac.uk|
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