Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Patta Scott-Villiers specialises in participatory research on public conversation for social justice. Her recent work, a seven-year DFID-funded governance project in East africa, promoted large-scale dialogues between pastoralists, traditional leaders, politicians, government officials and aid representatives in East Africa. These processes of agreement and their procedures, rationales, politics and cultures were also the subject of her doctoral research.

She started her career in Western Sudan in 1984 looking at farmer-pastoralist relations in the light of development interventions and ecological change. She has tackled questions of participation, voice and social development in a range of conflict and post-conflict settings for NGOs, multilaterals, bilaterals and research institutions.

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• The Governance of Service Delivery

Thematic Expertise

Conflict and Violence; Identities, Rights and Social Justice; Participation Methodologies.

Geographic Expertise

Sub Saharan Africa; Ethiopia; Kenya; Somalia; Sudan; Uganda.

Selected Publications »»

• Scott-Villiers, P., Wilson, S. and Scott-Villiers, A. (2012) 'How a group of young people did it in Napak and Moroto in Karamoja, Uganda'
• Scott-Villiers, P. (2011) 'We are Not Poor! Dominant and subaltern discourses of pastoralist development in East Africa', Journal of International Development 23.6:771-781, Oxford: Wiley
• Scott-Villiers, P.; Boru Ungiti, H.; Kiyana, D.; Kullu, M.; Orto, T.; Reidy, E.; Sora, A. (2011) 'The Long Conversation: Customary Approaches to Peace Management in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia' 022, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
• Brocklesby, M.A., Hobley, M. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2010) 'Raising Voice: Securing a Livelihood: The Role of Diverse Voices in Developing Secure Livelihoods in Pastoralist Areas in Ethiopia', IDS Working Paper 340, Brighton: IDS
• Brocklesby, M.A., Hobley, M. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2010) 'Raising Voice: Securing a Livelihood: The Role of Diverse Voices in Developing Secure Livelihoods in Pastoralist Areas in Ethiopia', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 340, Brighton: IDS
• Wilson, S. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2009) 'The Puff Adder, the Fire, the Spear, the Peace' , Pastoralists Consultants International
• Sullivan, P., Scott-Villiers, P. (2008) 'Finding the Way Forward' , Pastoralists Consultants International
• Cornwall, A., Jassey, K., Arora-Jonsson, S. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2007) The Beast of Bureaucracy and Other Tales from Valhalla, Brighton: IDS
• Pasteur, K. and Scott-Villiers , P. (2006) 'Learning about Relationships in Development' in Eyben, R. (eds), Relationships for Aid, London: Earthscan
• Scott-Villiers, P. (2004) 'Personal Change and Responsible Well-Being' in Groves, L and Hinton, R (eds), Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development, Earthscan
• Pasteur, K. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2004) 'If Relationships Matter, How Can They be Improved? Learning about Relationships in Development', Lessons for Change in Policy & Organisations 9, Brighton: IDS
• Cornwall, A., Pratt, G. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2004) Participatory Learning Groups in an Aid Bureaucracy, IDS
• Pasteur, K. and Scott-Villiers, P. (2004) 'Minding the Gap through Organizational Learning' in Groves, L and Hinton, R (eds), Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development, London: Earthscan
• Scott-Villiers, P. (2002) 'The Struggle for Organisational Change: How the Action Aid Accountability, Learning and Planning System Emerged', Development in Practice 12.3/4:424-435
• Chambers, R., Pettit, J. and Scott-Villers, P. (2001) 'The New Dynamics of Aid: Power, Procedures and Relationships', IDS Policy Briefing 15, Brighton: IDS