I am assistant professor in Global China at the Department of Political Science, Université Laval (Québec, Canada). Previously, I worked as postdoctoral researcher in the TransOceanic Fishers project at Chr. Michelsen Institute (Bergen, Norway).

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As a political ethnographer, I am mainly interested in South-South relations, politics of development, maritime anthropology, bureaucracy & everyday state, peacebuilding, and infrastructure with geographical focus on Africa and China. 

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I completed my DPhil in Politics & International Studies at SOAS, University of London. I hold a MRes in Territories, Spaces & Societies from EHESS-Paris, a MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University, and an advanced diploma in Yoruba language from INALCO.

 

Prior to my PhD, I worked as researcher at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and programme officer at Oxfam Hong Kong. I have also worked as consultant for various policy organisations, including International Institute for Environment and Development, Wildlife Conservation Society, China Centre for International Knowledge on Development, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, among others.