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Department of Management, Society and Communication
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)
- Centre for Sustainability
I am American with a US education, but I have worked for over two decades in Denmark. Trained as a political scientist from a top 10 American political science department, I have over 20 years of work on development, humanitarianism, and international politics. My research draws on the disciplines of political science, anthropology, geography, social theory and media studies.
I work unequally well in English, Danish, Italian and Swahili. From global population policy to Ben Affleck’s work in Congo, I have examined the relationships between global values and local practices of ‘humanitarianism’ in five research programs. I have spent in total almost four years doing fieldwork in Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and Democratic Republic of Congo), and have also been involved in research capacity building partnerships. I have been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (2024), the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University in the US (2017-18) and the Department of Sociology and International Relations at the University of Trento in Italy (2014).
Feel free to explore my work, and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
- International aid and humanitarian politics
- The aid business and commodification of causes
- New transnational actors and alliances in the Global South
- Development theories and representations
- Global health, gender and intersectionality
Governance and Development (MSc in Business, Language, and Culture)
I am interested in supervising academically ambitious students working on business partnerships in humanitarianism and development, North-South relations, the aid business, SDGs, humanitarianism, Africa, commodification, and ethical consumption. My strengths are interdisciplinary rigor, linking empirical analysis with critical theory and non-traditional ethnography.
I have supervised 14 PhD students from 8 different nationalities, and approximately 70 Masters Theses.
Ølgaard, D.M. and L.A. Richey (2024). “Swiping to end hunger: The problematic politics of humanitarian donation apps” International Affairs. Volume 100, Issue 4, July 2024, Pages 1451–1470, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae136
Richey, L.A. (2024) “Why Does Capitalism Feel So Right? Ethical Imaginaries of Prison Labor and Sisterhood Solidarity” Economy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2321778
Sulley, C.R. and L.A. Richey (2023) “The messy practice of decolonising a concept: Everyday humanitarianism in Tanzania” Review of International Studies 49: 3, 390–403. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210523000189
Henriksen, S. and L.A. Richey (2022) "Google’s Tech Philanthropy: Capitalism and Humanitarianism in the Digital Age", Public Anthropologist, 4(1), 21-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891715-bja10030
Budabin, A.C. and L.A. Richey (2021) Batman Saves the Congo: Business, Disruption and the Politics of Development, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (nominated for the ISA GDS book prize and Hedley Bull Award from ECPR).
Richey, L.A., L.E. Gissel, O.L. Kweka, P. Bærendtsen, P. Kragelund, H.Q. Hambati, A. Mwamfupe (2021) ”South-South Humanitarianism: The Case of Covid-Organics in Tanzania” World Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105375
Richey, L.A. (2018) “Conceptualizing Everyday Humanitarianism: Ethics, Affects and Practices
of Contemporary Global Helping,” New Political Science, 40 (4): 625-639. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2018.1528538
Richey, L.A. and S. Ponte (2011) Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/brand-aid
In: Economy and Society, Vol. 53, No. 2, 5.2024, p. 250-274
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Philanthropy and Humanitarianism . ed. /Katharyne Mitchell; Polly Pallister-Wilkins. Abingdon : Routledge 2023, p. 209-222
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Philanthropy and Humanitarianism. ed. /Katharyne Mitchell; Polly Pallister-Wilkins. Abingdon : Routledge 2023, p. 292-304
In: Review of International Studies, Vol. 49, No. 3, 7.2023, p. 390-403
In: Public Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2022, p. 21-50
In: Routledge Handbook of Humanitarian Communication. ed. /Lilie Chouliaraki; Anne Vestergaard. Abingdon : Routledge 2022, p. 266-284
Paper presented at Imaginaries, 2022
Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press 2021, 299 p.
In: World Development, Vol. 143, 7.2021
In: New Political Science, Vol. 43, No. 4, 12.2021, p. 421-450
In: World Development, Vol. 141, 5.2021
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2021, 39 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2021/2)
In: Conservation and Society, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2021, p. 199-201
In: World Development, Vol. 145, 2021, 4 p.
In: Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 18, No. 1, 3.2020, p. 43-59
In: Annual Review of Environment and the Resources, Vol. 45, 10.2020, p. 387-410
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2020, 14 p. (CBDS Research Briefing, No. 1/2020)
In: Dialogues in Human Geography, Vol. 9, No. 1, 3.2019, p. 78–82
In: New Media and Society, Vol. 21, No. 9, 9.2019, p. 1928-1946
www 16.10.2019
In: International Affairs, Vol. 95, No. 2, 3.2019, p. 488–489
In: Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2, 23.5.2018, p. 260-286
In: African Affairs, Vol. 117, No. 467, 4.2018, p. 238-260
In: New Political Science, Vol. 40, No. 4, 12.2018, p. 625-639
In: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 9, 22.5.2017, p. 1952-1972
In: New Political Science, Vol. 39, No. 2, International Research Conference on Everyday Humanitarianism, 2017, p. 314-316
In: Javnost - The Public, Vol. 23, No. 4, 24.11.2016, p. 398-414
In: Oxford Handbooks Online: Scholarly Research Reviews. : Oxford University Press 2016, p. 1-22
In: Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, Vol. 7, No. 1, 25.3.2016, p. 27-46
In: SPECTRA-The Apect Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2016, 14 p.
In: World Yearbook of Education 2016: The Global Education Industry. . ed. /Antoni Verger; Christopher Lubienski; Gita Steiner-Khamsi. New York and London : Routledge 2015, p. 90-104
Milton Park and New York : Routledge 2015, 239 p. (Rethinking Development)
In: Celebrity Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2015, p. 505-518
In: Celebrity Humanitarianism and North-South Relations: Politics, Place and Power. . ed. /Lisa Ann Richey. Milton Park and New York : Routledge 2015, p. 1-24 (Rethinking Development)
New York and London : Routledge 2015, 206 p. (Thirdworlds)
In: Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2014, p. 514-516
In: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, 16.2.2014, p. 1-21
In: Forum for Development Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3, 28.10.2014, p. 551-563
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2013, p. 92-93
Paper presented at 54th ISA Annual Convention, 2013
Paper presented at 54th ISA Annual Convention, 2013
In: Sahara J, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 2013
In: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 39, No. 131, 3.2012, p. 135-150
Paper presented at 53rd ISA Annual Convention, 2012
In: Development and Change, Vol. 43, No. 4, 7.2012, p. 823-845
In: SAGE Encyclopedia of Global Studies. ed. /Helmut Anheier; Mark Juergensmeyer. : SAGE Publications 2012
In: Nordicom Review, Vol. 33, No. Special issue 1, 2012, p. 29-43
In: Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2012, p. 187-207
In: Gendered Insecurities, Health and African Development. ed. /Amal Fadlalla; Howard Stein. : Routledge 2012, p. 50-71 (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)
In: Reproduction, Globalization, and the State. ed. /Carole H. Browner; Carolyn F. Sargent. Durham NC : Duke University Press 2011, p. 68-82
: University of Minnesota Press 2011, 272 p.
In: African Affairs, Vol. 110, No. 441, 22.8.2011, p. 670-672
Paper presented at 2nd LOST Conference “Bodies and Bodiliness in Africa”, 2010
In: International Handbook on Gender and Poverty. ed. /Sylvia Chant. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2010, p. 504-509
In: African Studies Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2010, p. 170-171
Paper presented at ASAUK Biennial Conference 2010, 2010
In: Politiken, 25.2.2010
Paper presented at LSE local-global workshop, 2010
In: Markets and Malthus: Population, Gender and Health in Neo-Liberal Times. . ed. /Mohan Rao; Sarah Sexton. : SAGE Publications 2010
Paper presented at Årsmøde Dansk Selskab for Statskundskab, 2010
Paper presented at Health: A New Religious Awakening in Western Societies , 2010
Paper presented at Violence, Intervention and Knowledge: Researching Victimhood with Civil Society, 2010
Paper presented at Visual Securitization - A CAST Research Seminar, 2010
In: Between Life and Death: Governing Populations in the Era of Human Rights. . ed. /Sabine Berking; Magdalena Zolkos. Frankfurt : Peter Lang 2009
In: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 36, No. 119, 2009, p. 145-146
In: Kvinder, Køn og Forskning, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008, p. 86-89
Copenhagen : Dansk Center for Internationale Studier og Menneskerettigheder 2008, 54 p., p. 1
In: Demographic Research, Vol. 18, No. 17, 2008, p. 469-498
New York and London : Palgrave Macmillan 2008, 269 p.
In: The Fourth Wave: Gender, Culture and HIV in the 21st Century. . ed. /Jennifer Klot; Vinh-Kim Nguyen. WWW : Social Science Research Council 2008
In: New Political Science, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2008, p. 1-21
In: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 34, No. 113, 2007, p. 598-608
In: Tidsskriftet Politik, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2007, p. 79-80
In: Development Policy Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2007, p. 71-90
Kø'benhavn : Dansk Center for Internationale Studier og Menneskerettigheder 2006, 33 p.
South Africa : University of Cape Town 2006
In: African Journal of AIDS Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005, p. 83-90
København : Dansk Center for Internationale Studier og Menneskerettigheder 2004, 55 p. (C D R Working Paper, No. 19, Vol. 2004)
In: Feminist Review, Vol. 78, No. 1, 2004
In: World Development, Vol. 32, No. 6, 2004, p. 923-940
In: Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 11, No. 22, 2003, p. 30-35
Roskilde : Roskilde Universitet 2003 (C D R Working Paper, No. 8, Vol. 2003)
In: Rethinking policy and conceptualizing practice. ed. /Frances Vavrus; Lisa Ann Richey. New York : Feminist Press at The City University of New York 2003, p. 6-18 (Women's Studies Quarterly, No. 31)
New York : Feminist Press at The City University of New York 2003
In: Review of African Political Economy, No. 96, 2003, p. 273-292
: Globalnyt 17.4.2024
: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, DIIS 23.2.2024
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies, 13.6.2024
: The University of Manchester 2023
Bonn : EADI 13.9.2023
: Amnesty International 2022
: New Books Network 2022
: New Books Network 2022
New York, NY : Africa Is a Country 15.12.2022
Parkville : The Conversation Media Group 28.9.2021
Parkville : The Conversation Media Group 30.11.2021
In: Berlingske, 17.6.2021, p. 24-25
In: Ræson, 22.2.2021
Philadelphia : TFL Media, Inc. 1.12.2021
New York : Mansueto Ventures LLC 7.12.2021
Frederiksberg : CBS Wire 21.6.2021
Sheffield : University of Sheffield 28.8.2020
2020
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In: Information, 9.2.2011
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In: Magasinet - Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2010, p. 20
In: Information, 6.6.2009
In: Årsberetning 2008Roskilde : Roskilde Universitet 2009, p. 115 (Årsberetning. Roskilde Universitet, Vol. 2008)
In: Information, 2008, p. 12
In: Information, 28.9.2006, p. 16-17
In: The Guardian, 2006, p. 12