Project

Nodal governance & cooperatives as new security actors in Haut-Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Code

G075824N

Duration

01 January 2024 → 31 December 2027

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor-spokesperson

Jelle Janssens

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Causes and prevention of crime
- Criminological theories
- Private policing and security services
- Security, peace and conflict
- Crime policy

Keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo governance of security artisanal mining

Project description

This research seeks to (1) inventory and categorize different security incidents occurring in Haut Katanga’s mining sites, (2) understand the presence and the role of ‘community actors’ as nodes in security provision, more specifically focusing on security provision by miners’ cooperatives, (3) understand the cooperation, resistance and competition between different nodes, (4) theoretically contribute to the field of security governance.