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Department of Development Studies

Dr Zoë Marriage

BA (Oxon) MSc PhD (LSE)

Overview

Zoë Marriage
Department of Development Studies

Senior Lecturer in Development Studies

Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice

Member

Centre for Gender Studies

Member, Centre for Gender Studies

Violence, Peace and Development Research Cluster

Research Cluster Convenor

Name:
Dr Zoë Marriage
Email address:
Telephone:
020 7898 4437
Address:
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
297
Office Hours:
Friday 11-1 (Term 1)
On Sabbatical:
On leave terms 2 and 3 in 2011-12

Biography

Zoë Marriage has degrees from Oxford University (BA) and the London School of Economics (MSc and PhD). She has researched extensively in countries affected by conflict in Africa and is the author of Not Breaking the Rules, Not playing the game. International Assistance to Countries at War (2006, Hurst & co). More recently Zoë has focused on the relationship between security and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo, publishing on demobilisation and the imposition and pursuit of security. She is currently working on a political economy of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, which you can follow via her Capoeira and Security Blog.

Teaching

Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised

Expertise

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Available for
Regional Expertise
  • Africa
Country Expertise
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Languages

Publications

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Authored Books

Marriage , Zoe (2006) Not Breaking the Rules. Not Playing the Game. International Assistance to Countries at War. London: Hurst & Company.

Book Chapters

Marriage, Zoe (2012) 'Scapegoat Security: Demobilising the FDLR in DR Congo.' In: Giustozzi, Antonio, (ed.), Post-Conflict Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration: bringing the state back in. London: Ashgate. (In Press)

Marriage , Zoe (2010) 'Many conflicts, one peace: Congo’s economy and global security.' In: Padayachee, Vichnu, (ed.), The Political Economy of Africa. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 301-316.

Marriage, Zoe (2009) 'Flip-flop rebel, dollar soldier; Demobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.' In: Berdal, Mats and Ucko , David, (eds.), Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 119-143.

Marriage, Zoe (2009) 'Children and War.' In: Hindman, Hugh D, (ed.), The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc..

Articles

Marriage , Zoe (2012) 'Capoeira and security: the view from upside-down.' openDemocracy/openSecurity .

Marriage, Zoe (2011) 'Divisive ‘commonality’: state and insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.' Third World Quarterly, 32 (10). pp. 1891-1910.

Marriage , Zoe (2010) 'Congo Co.: Aid and Security.' Journal of Conflict, Security & Development, 10 (3). pp. 353-377.

Marriage, Zoe (2008) 'Review article of recent literature on the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Nzongola-Ntalaja: The Congo from Leopold to Kabila, Trefon (ed): Reinventing Order in the Congo, and Clark (ed): The African Stakes of the Congo War).' Historical Materialism, 15 (4).

Marriage , Zoe (2008) 'Ambiguous Agreements: Aid in Negotiating processes.' Journal of Conflict, Security and Development, 8 (1). pp. 1-13.

Marriage, Zoe (2008) 'Congo Basics.' fRoots. The Essential Worldwide Roots Music Guide, 304 . pp. 43-45.

Marriage, Zoe (2007) 'Flip-flop rebel, dollar soldier; Demobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.' Conflict, Security and Development, 7(2) .

Marriage, Zoe (2006) 'The Comfort of Denial: External Assistance in Southern Sudan.' Development and Change, 37 (3). pp. 479-500.

Marriage, Zoe (2006) 'Defining Morality: DFID and the Great Lakes.' Third World Quarterly, 27 (3). pp. 477-90.

Marriage, Zoe (2005) 'Shame and Assistance - Does It Help?' Civil Wars, 7 (4). pp. 357-76.

Conference or Workshop Items

Marriage, Zoe (2007) From national security to human security — less of the same in Congo? In: From Conflict to Regional Stability – Linking Security and Development , 5-7 November 2007, Madrid.

Monographs

Marriage , Zoe (2008) Reading Wars Actively. Discussion Paper.

Marriage, Zoe (2007) Dialogues No.3: Fragile States. Discussion Paper. London: Medecins Sans Frontieres.

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