Department of Development Studies
Dr Michael Jennings
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Key information
- Roles
- Department of Development Studies Reader in International Development Centre of African Studies Management Committee Member Research Cluster Convenor
- Department
- Department of Development Studies
- Qualifications
- BA (Oxon); MA, PhD (London)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 261
- Email address
- mj10@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- +44(0) 207 898 4268
- Support hours
- Please book using link in 'Biography' below
Biography
Michael has degrees from the University of Oxford and London (SOAS), and has taught and researched at Oxford and the Centre for Development Studies at Swansea University. His research interests include: the politics and history of development processes in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, civil society, non-governmental organisations and faith-based organisations; and social aspects of health in Africa.
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Research interests
Michael’s research examines the emergence of development narratives over the past century, and conflicts between different narratives held by competing actors operating in the developmental space. In particular, he is interested in the multiple roles which ‘development’ as a process and idea takes on, and synergies between power, politics and development in the North and South. Michael has undertaken work on security issues in East Africa, including a survey of conflict, crime and security in Kenya. He has also worked on a diagnostic survey of DFID’s engagement with faith-based groups, East and Horn of Africa section. Michael is a regular contributor of expert briefing documents on a wide range of political, social and health issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
PhD Supervision
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hinni Aarninsalo | |
| Jonathan R. Beloff | The Evolution of Rwandan Foreign Policy: from Genocide to Globalisation |
| Mr Nick Branson | Extraversion strategies and aid negotiations: How African hybrid regimes manage donor demands |
| Iris Lim | Experiencing the Digital Governance Immigration: a Qualitative Comparison of London and Seoul |
| Shona Macleod | Talibés who beg in urban Senegal: how does global child rights discourse influence policy and practice? |
| Dr Christine Singer | |
| Dilys K. Winterkorn | The Rise and Phenomena of African Philanthropy (working title) |
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