From a background in development sociology, I have moved into the field of conflictstudies. My current work is at the crossroads of the two domains. My research interests concern social practice, governance processes and state formation in conflict and post-conflict settings. A focal point is land governance.

I am involved with a number of research programmes around conflict, reconstruction and governance, including: IS Academy Human Security in Fragile States: socio- economic recovery in fragile states; Grounding Land Governance: land governance and decentralisation in post-conflict settings; Conflict and mining governance in DRC.

I am coordinator or lecturere in courses on conflict, reconstruction and governance: Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction; Fieldwork in conflict and post-conflict settings; Property rights, natural resources and conflict; Conflict, development and disasters; Institutions, recovery and resilience.