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- Maria Eriksson Baaz
Maria Eriksson Baaz
Peace and Development Research
PhD, researcher
About
Maria Eriksson Baaz is a researcher at School of Global Studies. Since 2009 she is also a research fellow at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala.
Areas of interest
Her research interests are in African politics and security, military and police reform, postcolonial theory, diaspora studies and gender. Recently she has focused on masculinity, militarization and army reform in the DR Congo.
Current research
She is currently working on three research projects:
- "Stemming Violence against Civilians?: Effective External Security Sector Reform in Conflict/Post-Conflict Settings—the case of the DRC"
Funded by Sida, together with Maria Stern and Fredrik Söderbaum
- “The new developers? Circular migrants in policy and practice”
Funded by Sida, together with Marita Eastmond and Lisa Åkesson
- “Gendering and (Un)Gendering Police Reform: the case of the DRC” at the Nordic Africa Institute.
Teaching and tutoring
Publications
2011
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Ola Olsson (2011).
Feeding the Horse: Unofficial Economic Activities within the Police Force in the DR Congo , GUP 149205
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2011).
L’inexplicable brutalité de la guerre dans la capital du viol ou de l’ambiguité des représentations de la violence sexuelles au Congo , GUP 149207
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2011).
The Price for Peace? Military Integration and Continued Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo , GUP 146221
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Maria Stern (2011).
WHORES, MEN, AND OTHER MISFITS: UNDOING ‘FEMINIZATION’ IN THE ARMED FORCES IN THE DRC 1468-2621, GUP 144348
2010
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Maria Stern (2010).
The Complexity of Violence: A critical analysis of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , GUP 122202
2009
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Jérôme Gouzou; Anna-Maria Olsson (2009).
Gender Country Profile: The Democratic Republic of Congo , GUP 117333
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Maria Stern (2009).
Why Do Soldiers Rape? Masculinity, Violence, and Sexuality in the Armed Forces in the Congo (DRC) 1468-2478, GUP 96122
2008
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Maria Stern (2008).
Making sense of violence: voices of soldiers in the Congo (DRC) 0022-278X, GUP 74142
2007
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2007).
Att leva på flera platser , GUP 117335
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2007).
Börda och stöd : Kongos betydelse för svenskkongolesiska familjer , GUP 74143
2005
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2005).
The paternalism of partnership: A postcolonial reading of identity in development aid , GUP 74147
2003
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2003).
Biståndet och partnetskapets problematik , GUP 74151
2002
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2002).
The white wo/man's burden in the age of partnership : a postcolonial reading of identity in development aid , GUP 74148
- Håkan Thörn; Maria Eriksson Baaz; Catharina Eriksson (2002).
Den postkoloniala paradoxen, rasismen och det mångkulturella samhället , GUP 45326
- Håkan Thörn; Maria Eriksson Baaz; Catharina Eriksson (2002).
Globaliseringens kulturer: Den postkoloniala paradoxen, rasismen och det mångkulturella samhället , GUP 45322
2001
- Maria Eriksson Baaz (2001).
Introduction: African identity and the postcolonial , GUP 74150
- Maria Eriksson Baaz; Mai Palmberg (2001).
Same and other: Negotiating African identity in cultural production , GUP 74149