Jan Bachmann

Centrum för globalisering
och utveckling

Postdoktortjänst

Bakgrund

• 2010: PhD (University of Bristol, UK)
• 2003: M.A. Political Science, Journalism, Russian Studies (University of Leipzig, Germany)

Forskningsområden

From a perspective of critical security studies I am examining discourses and practices of the security-development nexus. I am interested in liberal interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa and, in a more general sense, in international relations with a focus on the postcolonial world. A second but related area of interest is the current reconfiguration of Western militaries and the contested boundary between civilian and military responsibilities in relation to the debate on counterinsurgency and stabilization missions.

Pågående forskning

My current project analyzes discourses and practices of contemporary Western “whole-of-government” and “comprehensive” approaches towards problematized social spaces in the global South. Of particular interest are questions of how Western militaries expand their mandate into issues of civilian governance such as development and conflict prevention and to what extent this blurring of the line between civilian and military activities is informed by reformed notions of counterinsurgency and policing.

Undervisning

I teach on issues related to security, sovereignty, counterterrorism, governmentality, the security-development nexus and African politics in the undergraduate courses “Security and Conflicts in a Changing World”, “Political Relations, Conflicts and Conflict Management in Africa” and within the Masters programmes “Theories and Perspectives of Global Studies” and “Global Democracy and Security”. Additionally, I am co-coordinator of the Master course “Global Democracy and Security”.