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Marjoke Oosterom

DPhil Student
Team
Participation Power and Social Change
E-mail
m.oosterom@ids.ac.uk
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Biography

Thesis title: Interactions between citizen and local government in Northern Uganda. Enhancing civic engagement after violent conflict. 

In countries or regions that have experienced a period of conflict, it is a huge challenge to build inclusive democratic systems of governance. This research aims to contribute to knowledge on local level state-citizen relations by analysing the specific effects of violent conflict and displacement on the actors and institutions involved. A key proposition that will be interrogated is that experiences of violent events and displacement will lead to different ideas about what it means to be a citizen. People will develop different perceptions of the self as a citizen and as a member of the wider socio-political community. The experience of violent conflict and displacement will also affect local dynamics at the community level in terms of social fabric, collective organisation and socio-political processes. Consequently, citizens that have experienced conflict and displacement will engage in different ways with local authorities than citizens that do not have conflict-related experiences.

This PhD research is supported by the Dutch development agencies Hivos (www.hivos.nl) and ICCO (www.icco.nl)

In addition to the general areas of thematic expertise below, Marjoke also has experience in the following areas: Conflict & Development; Post-conflict Recovery and Democratic Transitions; Participatory Governance and Power; Inclusive Citizenship and Governance and geographic expertise in East Africa and Great Lakes region, Eastern Europe.

 

Thematic Expertise

Participation; Power and Empowerment; Inclusive Citizenship and Governance; Conflict and Violence.

Selected Publications »»

  • Oosterom, M.A. (2009) 'Fragility at the Local Level. Challenges to building local state – citizen relations in fragile settings', Working Paper , The Hague : Hivos
  • Oosterom, M.A. (2008) 'Raising your Voice. Interaction processes between Rroma and local authorities in rural Romania', Working Paper 7, Cluj-Napoca: