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
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.