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Post-Doc, Politics and International Relations
Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations
Exeter College
Thesis Title: Extralegal Groups, Natural Resources, and Statebuilding After War: Explaining Outcomes in Liberia
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About
Christine Cheng is the Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College, University of Oxford. She recently completed her doctorate in politics at the University of Oxford (Nuffield College). Her dissertation is entitled “Extralegal Groups, Natural Resources, and Statebuilding After War: Explaining Outcomes in Liberia”. It deals with ex-combatant groups that have taken over natural resource areas in the aftermath of war and the problem that these groups pose for long-term statebuilding. Christine has conducted field research in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, and Guatemala. She was the 2009 Cadieux- Léger Fellow at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. She is interviewed about her dissertation research at http://www.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/fellowship-bourse/video/cheng.a
Christine’s other research interests include: fragile and failed states, organized crime, peacebuilding, the UN, West African politics, corruption, conflict financing, and women in politics. She is also a fan of field experiments.
She has worked for the UN, the World Bank, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. She has an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. As an undergraduate, she studied systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo.
She blogs semi-regularly at http://christinescottcheng.wordpress.com/
You can follow her on twitter at cheng_christine.
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