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Dr Kamal Donko
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Biography
Current position: Researcher at LASDEL Benin
Education:
| 2014-2020 | Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) PHD in Political Geography |
| 2009- 2011 | University of Cologne (Germany) Master of Arts and Humanities « Culture& Environment in Africa » |
| 2005- 2008 | Université d’Abomey-Calavi/FLASH Bachelor in Sociology- Anthropology |
Professional Experience:
| June 2023 | Institution: Auswärtiges Amt & LASDEL Benin Position: Expert in Crisis Prevention and Stabilisation | |||||
| Feb. - Mar. 2023 | Institution: AFD/LASDEL Postion: Senior researcher on returnee migrants agricultural entrepreneurship | |||||
| 2020- 2023 | Institution: DFG/ Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence. University of Bayreuth Position: Post-doctoral researcher on: Migration Control, Forced Immobility & Violent Mobilization and (Im)Mobility Regimes in the Borderlands | |||||
| Oct.- Dec. 2021 | Institution: Handicap International (HI)/LASDEL-Benin | |||||
| Apr.- Sept. 2021 | Institution: UNFCCC /AgriClimax Consulting
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Workshops and conferences
| June 2023 | Workshop “From Warning to Action-the Case of West African Coastal States” (Berlin, Germany) Federal Foreign Office | ||||||
| April 2023 | International Colloquium on : « les crises sécuritaires et déplacements de populations» (Ouagadougou, Burkina- Faso) Université Joseph KI-ZERBO | ||||||
| November 2022 | Workshop: “Return Migration and Gender in West Africa” (Banjul, Gambia) Heinrich- Böll-Stiftung | ||||||
| April 2022 | .Webinar on: “Migration in cities. Managing the Humanitarian Crisis” (Online Webinar) Centre of Migration Research | ||||||
| April 2017 | Workshop: “Intra-State conflict (Bonn, Germany) African Good Governance- DAAD
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Publications
2023
Doevenspeck, M.; Donko, K.; Iwuoha, V. (2023): Bewaffnete Konflikte in westafrikanischen Grenzräumen. Geographische Rundschau 2023-9: 20-24.
Doevenspeck, M., & Donko, K. (2023). Infrastructures of Migrant (Im) mobilities in the Borderland of Burkina Faso and Niger. Society, 1-10.
Donko, K., Doevenspeck, M., Nassi, K. M., Imorou, A-B. (2023) : Contrôle des migrations et dynamiques transfrontalières au sahel : le cas de Kantchari/Makalondi (Burkina-Faso/Niger). Publications LASMO. DEZAN, Volume 11, Numéro 1, Juin 2023. ISSN 1840-717-X DU 4ème trimestre. Dépôt Légal N°6378 du 4ème trimestre.
Prokoph, N., Donko, K., & Doevenspeck, M. (2023). West African Borderlands: Between ECOWAS Free Movement and EU Externalization Policy. In ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa: Costs, Benefits and Challenges (pp. 141-168). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2022
Donko, K. (2022). Territory, Power and Politics at a Frontier in Central Benin. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Doevenspeck, M., Donko, K., & Beisel, U. (2022). Migration controls at the Burkina Faso-Niger borderland reveal European attitudes to African livelihoods. Africa at LSE.
Donko, K., Doevenspeck, M., & Beisel, U. (2022). Migration control, the local economy and violence in the Burkina Faso and Niger borderland. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 37(2), 235-251.
2021
Breuer, A., Doevenspeck, M., Donko, K., & Ouedraogo, S. (2021). COVID-19 and (Im) mobilities in West Africa.
2019
Doevenspeck, M., Hollstegge, J., & Donko, K. (2019). Migrationskontrolle in Westafrika.
2018
Donko, K., & Doevenspeck, M. (2018). Néo-toponymes dans les zones de colonisation agricole du centre-Bénin: enjeux spatio-politiques. Annales de la FASHS: Nouvelle Édition, 1, 4-25.
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Research interests
- Migration Studies
- (Forced)Im/moblities
- (In)securities and border studies
- Peace & Conflict Studies
- Conflicts over natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Dr Kamal Donko
Researcher at LASDEL Benin
02BP1413 Dokparou-Est, Parakou (Republic of Benin)
Telefon: +229 97 720 700 / +229 95 500 200
E-Mail: eldeenfr2001@yahoo.fr/ kamaldonko@gmail.com