Professor

Mats Utas

Institute: Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University
Research area: Children, Conflict resolution, Culture, Employment, Health, Poverty reduction, Urban development / City planning, Women, Work life and workers conditions, Youth
Research region: Africa

Professional experience

Lecturing
25 year(s) -
Main supervisor of PhD
12 year(s) -
Supervision of Master’s students
25 year(s) -
Supervision of Bachelor’s students
20 year(s) -

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Publications

The West Side Boys: military navigation in the Sierra Leone civil war

The Journal of Modern African Studies
Mercenaries of democracy: The ‘Politricks’ of remobilized combatants in the 2007 general elections, Sierra Leone

African Affairs
Networked City Life in Africa: Introduction

Urban Forum
Governance through brokerage: informal governance in post-civil war societies

Civil Wars
Introduction Urban kinship: the micro-politics of proximity and relatedness in African cities

Africa
Research Brokers We Use and Abuse while Researching Civil Wars and Their Aftermaths – Methodological Concerns

Civil Wars
Exploring the Backstage: Methodological and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Role of Research Brokers in Insecure Zones

Civil Wars