On 12 May 2022, Rukumbuzi Delphin Ntanyoma will defend his thesis investigating why individual combatants engage and disengage with armed groups in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- PhD student
- Date
- Thursday 12 May 2022, 16:00 - 18:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B and livestream
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
He reveals the motives of individuals to engage, or not, in violence. The results of his research shows that vulnerability to poverty and to violence plays an important role in armed mobilization and suggests that discontent arising from relative deprivation plays a central role.
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Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisors
Professor Mansoob Murshed
Dr Helen Hintjens
Dr Matthias Rieger
Members of the Full Doctoral Committee
Dr Lazare Sebitereko, Eben-Ezer University of Minembwe
Dr Jean-Pierre Tranchant, Independent Researcher
Professor Scott Gates, University of Oslo
Dr Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp
Professor Thea Hilhorst, ISS
Dr Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, ISS
- More information
The ceremony will begin promptly at 16.00 hrs in the Aula of the ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague. The doors will be closed after the start of the Public Defence, but will be briefly opened after the candidate’s introduction to allow latecomers to enter.
Children under 7 years old are not allowed in the Aula during the first part of the ceremony.
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