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A glimpse at electricity and state formation in Ghana
Today I delivered a presentation at the seminar run by the PhD students of the Institute for the Studies of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI) of the University of Edinburgh. The subject was t… more →
Researching on African States
A glimpse at electricity and state formation in Ghana
wrote 1 month ago: Today I delivered a presentation at the seminar run by the PhD students of the Institute for the Stu … more →
mumbling a critique of the 'entente territorial'
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wrote 2 months ago: Maybe some of you will remember how miserable I felt a few days ago after finding out a paper writte … more →
Doctoral researchers and their nightmares
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wrote 2 months ago: We doctoral researchers must have different types of nightmares, I suppose: being unable to have you … more →
paper to be presented in ECAS 2013 Lisbon conference
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wrote 3 months ago: Now it’s official, I will be presenting a paper in ECAS 2013 at Lisbon by late June. The title … more →
Unbundling the concept of sovereignty in Political Geography
wrote 4 months ago: I’m back with some notes on chapter 5 of Cox, Low & Robinson (2007) (eds.) “The SAGE … more →
new research outline
wrote 1 year ago: Research question: - Which conditions lead African state elites to choose infrastructure building ra … more →
update of research outline
wrote 1 year ago: Research question: which role do infrastructures play in extending the authority of African states o … more →
proto-research strategy
wrote 1 year ago: 1) Comparing Herbst’s 3 typologies of African countries with rural electrification rates. Look … more →
proto-research questions
wrote 1 year ago: 1) Which is the role of power relationships between center/periphery or state/nonstate actors in the … more →
summary of contents refined
wrote 2 years ago: Contents 1. INTRODUCTION (500 WORDS) 2. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (300 WORDS) 3. THEORET … more →
summary of contents
wrote 2 years ago: Contents 1. INTRODUCTION (500 WORDS) 2. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (300 WORDS) 3. THEORET … more →
a title?
wrote 2 years ago: “Why are African states so elusive? A survey of theoretical approaches to African statehood … more →
political barriers to state evolution in Africa
wrote 2 years ago: Research question: which are the barriers (both internal and external) that are blocking the evoluti … more →
research on state-of-the-art of state building in Africa
wrote 2 years ago: Focus of research on contemporary/emerging approaches in the study of state-building in Africa, in p … more →
more thoughts about a research project
wrote 2 years ago: Research question: state-of-the-art of paradigms and approaches in political science in the study of … more →
some thoughts on a research project on continuity of precolonial political forms
wrote 2 years ago: Research question: to what extent have electoral processes in the 90s expanded the presence of preco … more →
more thoughts on a research project on rural electrification and politics in Africa
wrote 2 years ago: Research question: which role has played rural electrification (especially after the democratization … more →
thoughts on research project around rural electrification
wrote 2 years ago: Research question: how have rural electrification policies interacted with political dynamics in Afr … more →
notes on case studies: GHANADAN Tanzania, energy access urban households
wrote 2 years ago: [GHANADAN, Rebecca (2004), Negotiating Reforms at Home: Natural Resources and the Politics of Energy … more →
