The Path to Genocide in Rwanda

On 4 February 2021, Omar Shahabudin McDoom will present his new book. The Path to Genocide in Rwanda: Security, Opportunity, and Authority in an Ethnocratic State (Cambridge University Press, 2020) draws on extensive and unique field evidence, collected over many years, to offer rigorous answers to two simple but fundamental questions often asked about the genocide.

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Work at IOB

Would you like to work with us? We’re hiring for a doctoral scholarship for a project in Eastern DRC (deadline 4 Feb), three graduate & teaching assistants (deadline 7 March) at IOB, and 1 postdoctoral researcher (deadline 7 March). Take a look at our website now! And please share widely among your networks.

Jobs at IOB

HDCA Call for Proposals

For the Human Development and Capabilities conference, we invite contributions. Not just papers from academics are welcome, but also and particularly contributions that speak to and include « development practitioners ». Do you have a roundtable in mind? Would you like to show your latest documentary? Then please apply now!

How can we organize for the world of tomorrow? How can we improve the structures of living together and face the challenges ahead to build a more just and sustainable world?

Call for Proposals

In the picture: PhD Catherine Windey

Interview with Catherine Windey on her PhD “From geocoded to entangled landscape: forests, REDD+ environmental rule and everyday practices in DR Congo”

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Alumni panel

In our latest edition of Exchange to Change, four alumni talk about their time at IOB, ongoing work and future plans.

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Interview

The IOB publications record from 2010 to 2020: a geographic distribution description.

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