Oxford University Staff with African research interests
Alphabetical List of other Oxford University staff with African research interests
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Professor Christopher Adam
Development Economics, Department of International Development, St Cross College.
Shirley Ardener
CCCRW, Queen Elizabeth House. Research Interests: anthropology, Cameroon and gender issues.
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Dr Richard Barnes
Senior Research Officer, Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences.
Research Interests: genetic variation and improvement of indigenous African species, particularly Acacia.
Dr Nick D. Brown
Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences.
Research Interests: central African non-timber forest products; logging impacts on tropical forest.
Dr Colin Bundy
Warden, Green Templeton College.
Research interests: history of southern Africa.
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Jeremy Coote
Joint Head of Collections, Pitt Rivers Museum.
Research Interests: African, particularly East African, material culture, art, and aesthetics; museums.
Professor Robin Cohen
Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House and Senior Researcher, International Migration Institute, James Martin 21st Century School.
Research interests: Creolization, diasporas and international migration (Africa and elsewhere); Super-diversity in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Dr John Darwin
Modern History, Nuffield College.
Research Interests: Imperial and commonwealth history.
Prof Stefan Dercon
Professor of Development Economics, Department for International Development.
Research Interests: microeconomics; livelihoods in East Africa.
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Dr Stephen Harris
Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences.
Research Interests: African acacia species.
Dr Judith Heyer
Emeritus Fellow, Somerville College, Economics.
Research Interests: rural development and change in East Africa and South Asia.
Dr Anke Hoeffler
Centre for the Study of African Economies.
Research Interests: conflict in Africa.
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Professor Wendy James
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, St Cross College.
Research Interests: politics, war and peace in North East Africa; minorities and the state; religious innovation; history and anthropology.
Dr David Johnson
Lecturer in Comparative Education, St Antony's College.
Research Interests: comparative education; literacy.
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Anthony Kirk-Greene
Emeritus Fellow, St Antony's College.
Research Interests: history of West Africa.
Dr Ben Knighton
Dean of the Research Programme, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Research Interests: Karamojong religion, jurality, cattle-raiding, orality and cultural autonomy in East Africa; anthropology of development; pastoralist rationality and economic development; old and new politico-religious movements among the Agikuyu (Kikuyu) of Kenya.
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Anna Lindley
Refugee Studies Centre.
Research Interests: the links between migration, conflict and development.
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Dr Peter McDonald
St Hugh's College
Research Interests: transnational reception of South African writing during the apartheid era.
Dr Christopher Morton
Researcher, Pitt Rivers Museum.
Research Interests: anthropology of landscape and architecture; collections history; photography.
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Professor Michael Noble
Social Policy, Green College.
Research Interests: poverty and social policy in South Africa.
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Professor Ceri Peach
School of Geography.
Research Interests: ethnic relations; migration.
Dr Luisa Pinto Teixeira
Researcher in Southern-African History, Supernumerary Fellow of St.John’s and Director of the Portuguese Studies Centre.
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Dr Lutfi Radwan
School of Geography.
Research Interests: irrigation systems; Egypt, Sudan.
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Professor Frances Stewart
Queen Elizabeth House.
Research Interests: development economics, ethnicity.
Dr Helen Sweet
Research Officer, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine.
Research Interests: Medical and nursing history in South Africa particularly oral history, history of primary healthcare, missionary medicine, complementary, alternative and traditional medicine.
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Dr Francis Teal
Deputy Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies.
Professor David Thomas
Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Hertford College.
Research Interests: climate change, and responses to it in southern Africa.
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Dr Nicholas van Hear
Senior Researcher, COMPAS, Anthropology.
Research Interests: migration and asylum.
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Dr Iain Walker
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Gavin Williams
St Peter's College and Department of Politics.
Research Interests: African politics; agricultural policies in South Africa, with particular interests in the wine industry.
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