Dr Sara Rich Dorman
Job Title
Senior Lecturer in African Politics
Room number
4.08Building (Address)
Chrystal Macmillan BuildingStreet (Address)
15a George SquareCity (Address)
EdinburghCountry (Address)
UKPost code (Address)
EH8 9LDResearch interests
Research interests
African politics, Nationalism and the post-colonial state in Africa, Citizenship and belonging, Elections, State formation
Areas of interest
African Politics, with an emphasis on post-liberation states: Zimbabwe and Eritrea. The politics of NGOs, churches, elections, election-observing, and state-society relations. The politics of nationalism, nation and state-building in Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa.
Research related activities
Senior Editor and Co-chair, Journal of Southern African Studies
Editorial Board member, African Affairs
Topics interested in supervising
Sara welcomes inquiries from prospective students interested in researching African Politics. Current and recently finished PhD students whom she supervises/d have conducted research in Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Russia. Recent topics include land reform, violence, religion, labour, NGOs and social movements in Southern Africa; borders, leadership succession, trade and identity in the Horn of Africa; corruption, mutinies and elections in West Africa.
If you are interested in being supervised by Sara Rich Dorman, please see the links below (open in new windows) for more information:
Background
Knowledge Exchange Fellow ESRC-AHRC-FCO, 2018-2020
Qualifications
- BA Honours, Political Science and History Memorial University of Newfoundland
- MPhil Politics, St Antony's College, Oxford
- DPhil Politics, St Antony's College, Oxford
Publications include
“The Politics of Civil Society in Zimbabwe” (with Cornelias Ncube and Farai Chipato) In the Oxford Handbook of Zimbabwean Politics Edited by Miles Tendi, JoAnn McGregor, and Jocelyn Alexander (2020)
“Citizenship” in Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa edited Gabrielle Lynch and Peter van Doepp 2019.
"Nationalism in African Politics" In Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics. Oxford University Press. 2019
Understanding Zimbabwe: From Liberation to Authoritarianism (Hurst and OUP 2016) Reviewed in African Studies Review here, Foreign Affairs here, the Round Table here and the Africa at LSE blog here.
"‘We have not made anybody homeless’: regulation and control of urban life in Zimbabwe" Citizenship Studies (2016)
Topics interested in supervising
Sara welcomes inquiries from prospective students interested in researching African Politics. Current and recently finished PhD students whom she supervises/d have conducted research in Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Russia. Recent topics include land reform, violence, religion, labour, NGOs and social movements in Southern Africa; borders, leadership succession, trade and identity in the Horn of Africa; corruption, mutinies and elections in West Africa.
Works within
Staff Hours and Guidance
Monday 12-2pm