PhD defence: Peter Alexander Albrecht

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Peter Alexander Albrecht has submitted his PhD thesis.

Foundational Hybridity and its Reproduction: Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone

This thesis argues that security sector reform has failed according to its ambition of establishing a ’centrally governed state’. Based on extensive fieldwork in Sierra Leone, it is argued that a primary reason for this is to be found in the concept of authority that state-building projects and much of the academic work that underpins it.

Supervisors:

Professor Anna Leander, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School

Senior Researcher Lars Buur, Danish Institute for International Studies

Assessment Committee:

Associate Professor Ester Barinaga (Chair), Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School

Associate Professor Rita Abrahamsen, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Associate Professor William Reno, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

Everybody is welcome to attend the defence, which will take place in English.

The defence will be followed by a reception in Kilen, room K1.53.

The thesis is available here