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Personal profile
Research
I am Assistant Professor in Global Political Economy at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at RUC since February 2022, and have been a guest researcher and post-doc at RUC since 2017. Before joining RUC I worked for many years at the School of Global Studies at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from where I also have my PhD in Peace and Development Research.
My areas of research interest revolve around social, political and economic conditions of international development in a broad sense. My previous and current research activities include the following themes: the political economy of social cash transfers; the political economy of agricultural investments; investments in land and land conflicts; informal social safety nets; small business owners' role in reconstruction after war; corruption; social responsibility of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); social embeddedness of economic and political actors; critical perspectives on the development discourse, etc. Empirically my research focuses on Eastern and Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on Uganda.
My current research activities include research within the CASH-IN programme (add link), which focus on the political dimensions and impact of social cash transfers by non-state actors in Uganda and Tanzania. Furthermore, I am finalising publications in relation to my previous post-doc project on relations between investors and smallholders in agricultural investments in Uganda.
I am teaching within the Master programme on Global and Development Studies, the International Bachelor of Social Science programme and I am involved in developing the new Master programme on Socioeconomics Sciences.
In addition to a PhD in Peace and Development Research I have a BA in Business Administration and Economics and an MA in Economics, based on studies at Linköping University, University of East Anglia (UK) and University of Gothenburg.
I also have a previous career as an independent consultant within international development cooperation, primarily working with evaluations, sector studies and organisational assessment and development.
Publication network
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Riding the waves of change: Changing relations in the Ugandan sugar sector
Nystrand, M. J., Sserwanga, A. & Kyomuhendo, B., 2023, Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa: Ruling Elites, Investors and Populations in Natural Resource Investments. Buur, L., Macuane, J. J., Maganga, F. P. & Pedersen, R. H. (eds.). 1 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 99-123 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Just give all the money to the poor?
Ulrich, J., Nystrand, M. & Buur, L., 1 Jul 2022, Cape Town: Institute for democracy, citizenship and public policy in Africa, p. 1-39, 39 p. (IDCPPA Working Paper; No. 32, Vol. 2022).Research output: Working paper › Research › peer-review
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Just give all the money to the poor?
Ulrich, J., Nystrand, M. & Buur, L., 22 Aug 2022, Roskilde: Roskilde Universitet, p. 1-35, 35 p. (CAE Working Paper; No. 5, Vol. 2022).Research output: Working paper › Research › peer-review
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Mediating bureaucrats: embedded economic action in the Mozambican sugar industry
Buur, L. & Nystrand, M., 20 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Modern African Studies. 58, 3, p. 337-360 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The politics of natural resource investments and rights in Africa: A theoretical approach
Buur, L., Hundsbæk Pedersen, R., Nystrand, M., Macuane, J. & Jacob, T., 17 Jul 2020, In: The Extractive Industries and Society. 7, 3, p. 918-930 12 p., 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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CASH-IN: privately managed cash transfers in Africa
Buur, L., Nystrand, M., Ulrich, J., Lule, Y. B., Bateganya, F. H., Kavuma, S., Birungi, B., Kisaame, E. K., Nsereko, S. P., Kilonzo, R. G., Lutengano, M., Raphael, M., Nyaki, E. & Peter, M.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research
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Hierarchies of Rights
Buur, L., Jaime Macuane, J., Mondlane Tembe, C., Monjane, C. M., Salimo, P., Maganga, F., Hundsbæk Pedersen, R., Mwakaje, A., Kweka, O., Sulle, E., Jacob, T., Jarnholt, E. D. & Nystrand, M.
01/01/2015 → 31/10/2022
Project: Research
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Launch Event for the Research Programme CASH-IN
Lars Buur (Participant), Malin Nystrand (Participant), Jacob Ulrich (Participant), Rehema G Kilonzo (Participant) & Yawe Bruno Lule (Participant)
2 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Forum for Africa Research (External organisation)
Preben Kaarsholm (Secretary), Peter Kragelund (Member), Jacob Rasmussen (Member), Thorkil Casse (Member), Eric Komlavi Hahonou (Member), Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Member), Line Engbo Gissel (Member), Paul Austin Stacey (Member), Lone Riisgaard (Member), Lars Buur (Member), Nina Torm (Member), Gorm Rye Olsen (Member), Olivier Rubin (Member), Signe Arnfred (Member), Sacha Zurcher (Member), Laurids Sandager Lauridsen (Member), Laura Horn (Member), Lindsay Whitfield (Member), Kirstine Strøh Varming (Member), Lene Bull Christiansen (Member), Eileen Dyer Jarnholt (Member), Kristine Juul (Member), Keld Buciek (Member), Ilse Maria Renkens (Member), Søren Lund (Member), Tobias Hagmann (Member), Tobias Wuttke (Member), Michael Friederich Kluth (Member), Christian Groes (Member), Mogens Buch-Hansen (Member), Henrik Secher Marcussen (Member), Philip Lumwamu (Member), Victoria Awiti (Member), M. Azhar Hussain (Member), Henning Salling Olesen (Member), Henrik Julius Nielsen (Member), Lotte Pelckmans (Member), Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen (Member), Malin Nystrand (Member), Jackson Wachira (Member) & Kerstin Carlson (Member)
2015 → 2030Activity: Membership › Membership in research network