Kasper Hoffmann

Kasper Hoffmann

Assistant Professor


  1. 2022
  2. Published

    What M23’s on-and-off insurgency tells us about DRC’s precarious search for peace

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Vogel, C., 22 May 2022, The Conversation.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  3. Published

    Au Congo-Kinshasa, l’héritage belge des « territoires ethniques »

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 14 Jan 2022, AfriqueXXI.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  4. Published

    Le passé dans le présent: ethnicité, conflits et politique dans l'est de la RDC

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Muzalia, G., Muhigirwa, C. & Nalunva, A., 2022, Ghent University. 67 p. (Insecure Livelihoods).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Past in the Present: Ethnicity, Conflict and Politics in Eastern Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Muzalia, G., Nalunva, A. & Muhigirwa, C., 2022, Ghent: Ghent University. 65 p. (Insecure Livelihoods).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  6. 2021
  7. Published

    Wie das koloniale Erbe der Demokratischen Republik Kongo Ethnizität, Territorium und Konflikt miteinander verband

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Lanier, G. (Translator), 3 Feb 2021, Radio Afrika TV.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  8. Published

    How DRC’s colonial legacy forged a nexus between ethnicity, territory and conflict

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 1 Feb 2021, The Conversation.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  9. Published

    Ethnogovernmentality: The colonial legacy of the nexus between ethnicity, territory and conflict

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 8 Jan 2021, London School of Economics and Political Science.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  10. Published

    Barrière Routières: "au Rythme du Pays"

    Muzalia, G., Mukungilwa, B., Baganda, S., Hoffmann, Kasper, Nalunva, A., Banyanga, E., Mapatano, J., Dunia, O., Cirhuza, E. & Muderhwa, V., 2021, Ghent University. 56 p. (Insecure Livelihoods).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Ethnogovernmentality: The making of ethnic territories and subjects in eastern DR Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2021, In: Geoforum. 119, p. 251-267 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Land Formalization by Local NGOs in Eastern Congo: Institutional Pluralism, Depolitcization, and Competition

    Akilimali, J. B., Hoffmann, Kasper & Ansoms, A., 2021, Social Science Research Council. 10 p. (Congo Research Briefs, Vol. 7).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Projets de sécurisation foncière formalisée à l'épreuve d'un déficit d'appropriation au Sud Kivu (DR Congo)

    Akilimali, J. B., Hoffmann, Kasper & Ansoms, A., 2021, Social Science Research Council. 11 p. (Congo Research Briefs, Vol. 7).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Roadblocks: 'At the rhythm of the country'

    Muzalia, G., Mukungilwa, B., Baganda, S., Hoffmann, Kasper, Nalunva, A., Banyanga, E., Mapatano, J., Dunia, O., Cirhuza, E. & Muderhwa, V., 2021, Ghent : Ghent University. 54 p. (Insecure Livelihoods).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The making of ethnic territories: Governmentality and counter-conducts

    Anthias, P. & Hoffmann, Kasper, 2021, In: Geoforum. 119, p. 218-226 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 2020
  17. Published

    Conflict and Chieftaincy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K. & Mudinga, E., 25 Mar 2020, Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  18. Published

    Courses au pouvoir: The struggle over customary capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K. & Mudinga, E., 2020, In: Journal of Eastern African Studies. 14, 1, p. 125-144 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Violent conflict and ethnicity in the Congo: beyond materialism, primordialism and symbolism

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K., Carayannis, T. & Muzalia, G., 2020, In: Conflict, Security and Development. 20, 5, p. 539-560 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 2019
  21. Published

    Beyond Anarchy: Property, Precarity and Land Governance in Urban Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Muzalia, G. & Pouliot, Mariève, 26 Jun 2019, London School of Economics and Political Science.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  22. Published

    Constructed Anarchy: Governance, conflict and precarious property rights in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Pouliot, Mariève & Muzalia, G., 2019, Social Science Research Council. 12 p. (Congo Research Briefs; No. 1).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  23. Published

    Rebel rule: A governmentality perspective

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Verweijen, J., 2019, In: African Affairs. 118, 471, p. 352–374 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2018
  25. Published

    Rethinking rebel rule: How Mai-Mai groups in eastern Congo govern

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Verweijen, J., 3 Oct 2018, Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  26. Published

    Competing networks and political order in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature review on the logics of public authority and international intervention

    Carayannis, T., Vlassenroot, K., Hoffmann, Kasper & Pangburn, A., 2018, London School of Economics and Political Science. 51 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  27. Published

    Competition, patronage and fragmentation: The limits of bottom-up approaches to security governance in Ituri

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K. & Büscher, K., 2018, In: Stability. 7, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 2017
  29. Published

    Congo's inescapable state: the trouble with the local

    Stearns, J., Vlassenroot, K., Hoffmann, Kasper & Carayannis, T., 16 Mar 2017, Foreign Affairs.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  30. 2016
  31. Published

    Forms of stateness in the JSRP’s research sites

    Kirk, T. & Hoffmann, Kasper, 15 Aug 2016

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  32. Zaire (The Congo)

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Mar 2016, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, andNationalism. Stone, J., Dennis, R. M., Rizova, P., Smith, A. D. & Hou, X. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiley, 4 p. (Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences ).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEncyclopedia chapterResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Contestation de l’autorité: Rébellion armée et fragmentation militaire en territoires de Walikale et de Kalehe, au Nord et au Sud-Kivu

    Vlassenroot, K., Mudinga, E. & Hoffmann, Kasper, 2016, Rift Valley Institute. 62 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  34. Published

    Contesting authority: armed rebellion and military fragmentation in Walikale and Kalehe, North and South Kivu

    Vlassenroot, K., Mudinga, E. & Hoffmann, Kasper, 2016, Rift Valley Institute. 57 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  35. Published

    Multi-layered security governance as a quick fix? the challenges of donor-supported, bottom-up security provision in Ituri (DR Congo)

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K. & Büscher, K., 2016, Justice and Security Research Programme. 22 p. (JSRP Paper; No. 33).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  36. Published

    Taxation, stateness and armed groups: public authority and resource extraction in Eastern Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, Vlassenroot, K. & Marchais, G., 2016, In: Development and Change. 47, 6, p. 1434–1456 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    The challenges of multi-layered security governance in Ituri

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Vlassenroot, K., 2016, Justice and Security Research Programme, 6 p. (JSRP Policy Brief; No. 3).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  38. Violent capitalism and hybrid identity in the Eastern Congo: Power to the Margins by Timothy Raeymaekers New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2016, In: Journal of Modern African Studies. 54, 02, p. 349-350 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  39. 2015
  40. Published

    Myths set in motion: The moral economy of mai mai governance

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2015, Rebel Governance in Civil War. Arjona, A., Kasfir, N. & Mampilly, Z. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 158-179 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Protection and (in)security beyond the state: Insights from Eastern Africa and Sahel

    Pelckmans, Lotte, Hahonou, E., Hoffmann, Kasper (ed.) & Moe, L. W. (ed.), 2015, Copenhagen: Danish institute for international studies.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  42. 2014
  43. Armed groups and the exercise of public authority: The cases of the Mayi-Mayi and Raya Mutomboki in Kalehe, South Kivu

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Vlassenroot, K., 2014, In: Peacebuilding. 2, 2, p. 202-220 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Caught between Apprehension and Comprehension: Dilemmas of Immersion in a Conflict Setting

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2014, DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies, 19 p. (DIIS working paper; No. 2014:09).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  45. New Approaches to Foreign Aid in Conflict-Affected Countries and Fragile Situations

    Stepputat, F., Hoffmann, Kasper, Moe, L. W. & das Pradhan-Blach, R., 2014, DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies. 56 p. (DIIS REPORT ; No. 2014:26).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearchpeer-review

  46. 2013
  47. Public Authority and the Provision of Public Goods in Conflict-Affected and Transitioning Regions

    Hoffmann, Kasper & Kirk, T., Aug 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science, 60 p. (The Justice and Security Research Programme; No. 7).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  48. 2010
  49. The ethics of child-soldiering in the Congo

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2010, In: Young. 18, 3, p. 339-358 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 2006
  51. Published

    Governing the 'Maquis': A Case Study of General Padiri's Mäi-Mäi Movement

    Hoffmann, Kasper, 2006.

    Research output: Working paperResearchpeer-review

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