Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Antwerp
Fergus O'Leary Simpson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp’s Institute of Development Policy (IOB). His research looks at the intersection of environmental conservation, various forms of extraction and violent conflict in eastern DRC’s South Kivu Province. He obtained a PhD from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, which is part of Erasmus University.
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