Aidan Russell

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PhD, Oxford University

Aidan Russell completed his DPhil in History at Oxford University in 2013. Prior to his arrival in Geneva he was elected to a Title A research fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. He works on issues of truth, trust and authority, violence and memory, space and mobility, and decolonisation and the postcolony, with a particular interest in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Areas of expertise

  • Armed conflicts, violence
  • Boundary and territorial disputes
  • Immigrants, refugees, diasporas
  • Regional integration

Geographical Region of Expertise

  • Subsaharan Africa

Personal Information

Countries:

Switzerland

Subjects:

History