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Labour, Agrarian change, Sustainability standards, Political economy of development, Research methods, Africa, China-Africa.

Globalisation, Global Power Relations, MENA, Sociology of Religion Sociology of Revolution.

Political economy, Peace, Security and development, Violence and conflict, Terrorism, insurgency and extremism, Lake Chad Basin and Sahel Regions.

Rural labour in global supply chains, High-value agriculture policy, African economic development, Extreme deprivation identification, Political economy of war to peace transitions.

Development economics, economic growth, institutional economics, taxation in less developed countries, the political economy of oil states, political economy of industrial policy in Latin America, especially of Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. 

Political ecology, Agriculture, Gender equality, Sustainable and equitable food systems, Education for sustainable development and interdisciplinary learning.

Armed conflict & violence; War economies; Transnational conflict; Borders, borderlands & brokerage; Illicit drugs & organised crime; Post war transitions; Stabilisation; Peace negotiations & peacebuilding.

Violence and conflict, governance, post colonial state building, Muslim societies, sexualities, (reproductive) health, migration, and community development/transformative education - all explored through a gendered lens. Central Asia, Latin America but currently focus mainly on West and East Africa.

Politics of development, Bangladesh, Protest, Disaster politics, Civil society, Social movements, Famine.

Development in Africa, NGOs, Religion and Development, Non-state actors and development, History of development, Governance, Volunteerism.

East Africa, particularly Uganda and Sudan, West Africa; conflict and development; forced migration; refugees; humanitarian interventions

Refugee protection, livelihoods and housing, Immigration status precarity, Migration, livelihoods and development, Diasporas and remittances.

Lorena is Senior Lecturer in the Political Economy of Development at SOAS University of London.

Conflict, Security, Aesthetics, DR Congo, Brazil, Arts, Resistance.

Social Reproduction, Supply-Chains Capitalism, Modern Slavery, Informality.

Authoritarian regimes, Contentious Politics, Comparative Politics, Social Navigations, Neo-institutionalism, South Asia.

Research: Vulnerability to climate impacts, climate change adaptation and locally held knowledge, the political economy of climate-compatible development, knowing and deciding for conservation and development.

Peacebuilding, Post-conflict reconstruction, Environmental peacebuilding, Mine Action, Humanitarian disarmament, Climate resilience.

Border studies & border thinking, Migration governance and migration “crisis”, Refugee regime, Infrastructure, Postcolonial and feminist geographies, Time and temporalities.

Climate change mitigation, Energy geographies, Resource development, Infrastructure, Environmental justice, Sub-Saharan Africa.

East Asia, labour relations in China and Vietnam, trade union reform in China and Vietnam, labour and social movements in China, labour migration in China.

Bordering processes, Gender and intersecting inequalities, Reproductive justice, Culture and the creative economy.

Dr Althea-Maria Rivas draws upon critical, feminist and decolonial theoretical frameworks, and employs innovative grounded methodologies, such as photovoice, storying and narratives to explore debates in the field of conflict, security and development.

The gig economy and digital labour, Cities, Public transport, Urban infrastructure, Economic informality and labour markets, Political economy of development

Geographical areas of expertise: Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya.

Political ecology, Sustainability and green transformations, Environmental justice, Human-environment, Low-carbon development, Hydropower, Just energy transitions, Climate change, Land grabbing, Land-water-energy nexus.

South Asia; social movements; civil society; the environment; institutions; agrarian questions; Marxist and postcolonial theory; Social theory in Development studies.

Climate policy, Climate adaptation, Urban resilience, Children and youth, Development cooperation.

Race, gender, class; Political Ecology & Economy; Population; Plantations; Extractives & resource frontiers; Environmental harm; Indonesia & Southeast Asia; The Colonial Question; Urban life

Africa, Ghana, Labour relations, Work conditions, Agrarian change, Social policy, Gender and development.

East Africa and South Africa; sociology of development; agrarian political economy; social and political theory; food commodity chains; governance and development.

Dalit discrimination, Caste and class, Racial capitalism, Labour relations, Labour migration, Agrarian change, Activism and struggles, India.