Dr. Alusala appointed as UN expert in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted on August 09, 2018

Dr. Nelson Alusala has been appointed by the United Nation's (UN) Secretary General to serve as one of six experts mandated to monitor the UN Sanctions Regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Alusala will be in charge of natural resource and finance cluster. This will be the fifth occassion he has served on the UN expert groups and panels under the appointment of the Secretary General. First was the UN Panel on Liberia, under the UN Security Council Resolutions 1819 (2008) on Libera; followed by three consecutive appoints to the DRC under UN Security Council 1952, 2021 and 2078. 

His current research is on security and transboundary governance, with a focus on the impact of regulatory instruments on the governance of natural resources exploitation and the wellbeing of local communities in Africa. He is also engaged in conflict risk analysis, disarmament and the promotion of practical policy formulation and implementation. Alusala has a PhD in political sciences from the University of Pretoria and a member of the Wellbeing Economy in Africa (WE-Africa Lab) Action-research Network as well as a member of the African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE). Dr. Alusala is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Governance Innovation (GovInn), and a research consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria. 

On behalf of the department and university at large, we would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Alusala on this momentus achievement. 

To read more on Dr. Alusala's publications, please follow the link: http://governanceinnovation.org/nelson-alusala-2/. 

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