RAAD Peace Research Institute
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RAAD Peace Research Institute brings together researchers, policy specialists and practitioners with extensive experience across the East and Horn of Africa. Our expertise spans peace and conflict, political governance, international relations, security, economics, migration, public health and environmental change.
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Founder and Director
Researcher and policy adviser specialising in peace, conflict, security, governance and political development in the East and Horn of Africa.
Regional and Global Geopolitics · Peace, Conflict and Political Settlements
Deputy Director
Contributes to RAAD's research leadership, institutional development and engagement with Somali political, social and development issues.
Regional Integration and Geoeconomics · Local Development, Governance and Resilience
Senior Fellow and Special Adviser
Political violence, insurgency, terrorism, political Islam, and the relationships between armed groups and state institutions across Africa and the Middle East.
Strategic Foresight and Regional Crisis Analysis · Security, Environment and Climate Change
Senior Research Fellow
International security, geopolitics and conflict analysis in the Horn of Africa, linking local political dynamics to global power relations.
Strategic Foresight and Regional Crisis Analysis · Regional and Global Geopolitics
Research Fellow
Political geography, violence, and the intersection of religion and politics, with an emphasis on political transformation and institutional change in Sudan.
Security, Environment and Climate Change · Peace, Conflict and Political Settlements
Senior Research Associate
Somali politics, conflict, identity formation, customary governance, territorial disputes, and political violence in Somalia and Somaliland.
Local Development, Governance and Resilience
Research Fellow
External security engagement, stabilisation policies, peacebuilding, and the political consequences of international interventions in East and West Africa.
Local Development, Governance and Resilience · Peace, Conflict and Political Settlements
RAAD draws on interdisciplinary expertise in political science, peace and conflict studies, security, governance, development, environmental issues and regional affairs, combining regional experience with academic and policy research.
RAAD collaborates with regional and international research organisations, academic institutions and policy networks, grounded in intellectual independence, mutual respect and rigorous, policy-relevant analysis.
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