Stéphanie Perazzone

Stephanie Perazzone is a doctor in International Relations (IR) and Political Science. Currently based in Geneva and Copenhagen she is lead researcher on a four-year SNSF research project entitled 'Unruly Spaces: Public Space, Society and Politics in Urban Africa’ hosted at the Global Studies Institute (University of Geneva). An expert in African politics and, in particular, of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), her work has focused on linking the anthropology and the global politics of the postcolonial state in urban environments. She is also developing a research agenda that seeks to introduce the notion of the ‘ordinary’ as a critical theoretical device in IR theory, analyses the politics of international intervention in (post-) conflict environments, explores the challenges of qualitative research methods in social sciences, and examines issues of ‘coloniality’ and imperial durabilities in global politics. In so doing, she has engaged with archival research, research-policy transfer, and conducted extensive fieldwork across Central Africa. Beyond academia, she has also gained experience working for and with international organisations, non-governmental organisations and research centres.