Dr Niels Stephan Cato Hahn
BA (Copenhagen), MSc (SOAS), PhD (SOAS)
Overview
Department of Development Studies
Research Associate
- Name:
- Dr Niels Stephan Cato Hahn
- Email address:
- nh40@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)7939 818 376
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
Biography
Niels has work with foreign aid programmes in Tanzania, and got many years of experience from war zones, in countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia/Ogaden, Liberia, Somalia, and Sudan/Darfur, where he coordinated humanitarian programmes for Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF/Doctors without Borders).
Based on his practical experience, Niels has developed a special interest in Western military intervention strategies and how modern war propaganda shapes journalism and academia. His main research is focused on Liberia and the West African region.
PhD Publications
Academic Journals
- Hahn, N. 2012. The Experience of Land Grab in Liberia. Book chapter, in the history section of “Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa – Foreign direct investment and food and water security”, edited by John Anthony Allen, Martin Keulertz, Suvi Sojamo, and Jeroen Warner. Routledge International Handbooks. London.
- Hahn, N. 2011. 利用名人当工具的心理战争
The Use of Celebrities in Psychological Warfare
Annual Review of African Studies in China (中国非洲研究评论 2011).
Peking University Press - Hahn, 2007. “Neoliberal Imperialism and Pan-African Resistance”. Journal of World Systems Research, 2007. Volume XIII, Number 2, Pages 142-178.
(http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol13/index2.html).
Newspaper Articles and other publication
- Hahn, N. (2010). "Celebrities and the Taylor trial: Justice and false consciousness." Pambazuka News - Pan-African Voices for Freedom and Justice 2010-09-23(497) (http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/67175
- Hahn, 2009 Destabilisation in Liberia: the US connection. African Prospects, October 2009, pp. 21-23.
(http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browsePages.do?issue=5847&size=2&pageLabel=21) - Hahn, 2009. Den globale finanskrise skyldes neoliberalismen (The Connection between the Global Financial Crisis and Neoliberalism) Kristeligt Dagblad, 16 September, 2009. Kronik.
(http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/338528:Kronik--Den-globale-finanskrise-skyldes-neoliberalismen?all=1) - Hahn, 2009. Slaveriet vender stærkt tilbage (Contemporary Slavery). Politiken, 13 September, 2009. Analyse.
(http://politiken.dk/debat/analyse/article787783.ece) - Hahn, 2008. Udviklingsbistand, neoliberalisme og realisme (Foreign Aid, Neoliberalism and Realism). Kristeligt Dagblad, 24. October, 2008. Kronik.
(http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/302021:Kronik--Udviklingsbistand--neoliberalisme-og-realisme?all=1) - Hahn, 2007. Velfærdsstaten og neoliberalisme (The Welfare State and Neoliberalism). Kristeligt Dagblad, 12 October, 2007. Kronik.
(http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/264091:Kronik--Velfaerdsstaten-og-neoliberalisme?all=1)
