Team > 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 Geography2009- 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 StabilisationFeb. - Mar. 2023 Institution: AFD/LASDEL
Postion: Senior researcher on returnee migrants agricultural entrepreneurship2020- 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 BorderlandsOct.- Dec. 2021 Institution: Handicap International (HI)/LASDEL-Benin
Position: Associate Researcher on: Conflits, violence armée et cohésion sociale au Nord Togo et Nord BéninApr.- Sept. 2021 Institution: UNFCCC /AgriClimax Consulting
Position: Associate Researcher on "Community Adaptation Learning for Farmers' Organisations in Borgou2014- 2020 Institution: DFG/ University of Bayreuth/Chair of Political Geography
Position: PhD Student/Associate Researcher on Migration and new technologies of border control in the Sahel
(In)mobility, migration control and violent extremism in the Sahel and terrorism and insecurity in the Sahel
2006- 2010 Institution: BMBF/ IMPETUS
Position: Research Assistant/ Research Officer/ Senior Team Leader (Upper Ouémé Valley)
- Workshops and conferences
June 2023 Workshop “From Warning to Action-the Case of West African Coastal States” (Berlin, Germany)
Federal Foreign OfficeApril 2023 International Colloquium on : « les crises sécuritaires et déplacements de populations» (Ouagadougou, Burkina- Faso)
Université Joseph KI-ZERBONovember 2022 Workshop: “Return Migration and Gender in West Africa”
(Banjul, Gambia)Heinrich-
Böll-StiftungApril 2022 .Webinar on: “Migration in cities. Managing the Humanitarian Crisis” (Online Webinar) Centre of
Migration ResearchApril 2017 Workshop: “Intra-State conflict (Bonn, Germany) African Good Governance- DAAD
June 2017 Workshop: “Democracy” (Berlin, Germany)
African Good Governance- DAADNovember 2017 Workshop: “Europe and Africa…” (Brussels, Belgium)
African Good Governance- DAADMarch 2016 International Colloque: “Entre ordre et instabilité…” (Cotonou, Benin)
International Colloque: “Entre ordre et instabilité…”
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)
Phone: +229 97 720 700 / +229 95 500 200
E-mail: eldeenfr2001@yahoo.fr or kamaldonko@gmail.com