Ekspertise
Associate Professor and consultant, Specialist in African Politics and Governance, Security Governance, Gender and Defence Policy
Committed performance-driven professional with >10 years’ research and project experience in security governance and management.
Published >15 scientific pieces in the field of security governance, state-building, gender and peace-missions. Solid project experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects related to peace operations, state-building (including gender), and foreign and security policy.Extensive fieldwork experience in Africa managing international research, educational and evaluation assignments.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
2020 – Report on the Nexus between Climate Change and Security in Africa, UNDP and African Union.
2020 – Mid-Term Review of the High Level Mediation Training Program, Norway, UP-CMA and DIRCO
2020 – Effectiveness of Peace Missions Network fieldwork in Darfur, drafting a report on UNAMID
2019 – End of project evaluation of Norwegian Core Support for ACCORD
2018/19 – ISS/AU – Effect of Terrorism on AMISOM, fieldwork and drafting of report
2018- Research leader for ISS on an AU commissioned consultancy on Threats from Violent Extremism in Somalia
2018- Editor of Accredited Journal: Scientia Militaria – South African Journal of Military Studies
2018 – Part of the Norwegian Foreign Policy Institute (NUPI) led research project Effectiveness of Peace Missions – co-drafter of the DR Congo Study and the overarching research framework.
2016-2018: Work Package leader on African section of IECEU Horizon 2020 study on the EU ESDP programme and security engagements in Africa.
2016- Extraordinary Associate Professor, University of Stellenbosch.
2014-: Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College.
2007-2014: Assistant Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College.
2003-2010: Lecturer (part time), at Centre for African Studies, Copenhagen University.
2005-2007: Analyst on Africa, Danish Defence Intelligence Service
2003-2005: PhD Candidate at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
2002: Analyst on Africa, Danish Defence Intelligence Service.
2001: PhD Candidate: Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI – was later merged into DIIS).
Other experiences:
2008: Consultancy report on South African foreign and security policy for Chatham House, commissioned by DFID and the DOD
2014- External examiner at various Danish and South African Universities.
2016: Consultancy report on South African and Kenyan Peace Keeping experiences commissioned by the French MOD
2017- Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen
2016-17: Commissioned studies for the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
2019: End of project evaluation of the Accord core funding project, Consultancy for the Norwegian government. 2019-20: Perception study for the SA military Ombud Institution
2020 – Consultancy for ISS/TFP and the AU – AMISOM beyond 2021
External grants (major):
2009-: Danish MOD Africa for Peace Programme for five biannual conferences and related activities from 2009-2017 – total budget 2.9 Mil. Dkr.
2016-19: Seminar series and policy publications on South African foreign and security policy, commissioned by the Danish Embassy in Pretoria, total budget 500.000 dkr.
2016-18: Work package leader on IUCEU EU Horizon 2020 study, RDDC share of the study 1.8 mil. Dkr.
2019-21: Danish MFA Stabilization Fund, 1.1 mil Dkr. for participation in EPON network and fieldtrips.
Supervision and external examination experiences
2001- Supervised more 70 MA level thesis at the Royal Danish Defence College, University of Copenhagen and Stellenbosch University
2012 – Supervised one PhD to completion (University of Southern Denmark- War Studies), and currently supervising two PhD dissertations – Stellenbosch University
2007 – External examiner at the Danish Universities – all levels from BA-MA level
2014 – External examiner at UCT, UWC, Wits (Business School), UJ, UP and Uni. of Namibia.
2015- External examiner on two PhD dissertations
2001 – Have lectured at and designed post-grad courses every year.
References.
1. Prof. Francois Very, SIGLA, Stellenbosch University email: fvrey@sun.ac.za
2. Prof. David Anderson, Warwick University, email. D.M.Anderson@warwick.ac.uk
3. Dr. Cedric de Coning, NUPI, email. cdc@nupi.no