Research Interests

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• Horn of Africa,
• Caribbean and Caribbean Coast of Latin America
• Alternative Dispute Resolution and Traditional forms of CPMR
• Ethnic Conflict
• Indigenous peoples rights and political participation
• Decentralization
• Refugee/IDP-host community issues

Kwesi's main regional research interests are the Horn of Africa and the Caribbean Coast of Latin America. In these two very different regions, he is interested in a number of separate, but interlocking themes. These are: a) ethnic conflict; b) alternative dispute resolution and traditional forms of conflict resolution; c) refugee/IDP and host community issues; d) indigenous peoples' right and political participation and e) decentralization and issues around power sharing.

He joined CICS in November 2007 after submitting his PhD in Anthropology. His research focused on the effects of long term displacement and insecurity on the conflict resolution techniques of Darfuri refugees in Tchad. His six months of fieldwork was extended to almost a year when he was commissioned by the NGO CARE to remain in Eastern Tchad as a consultant. Following this Kwesi acted as an Expert Advisor with the UNHCR's security monitoring team in Abeche, Tchad. In this role he acted as a first response analyst, assessing the current security situation in the Tchad-Darfur region, as well as identifying possible future security concerns. Kwesi has also taught numerous undergraduate modules, both in the United States and in England and maintains close links with the Caribbean and African Universities including: Addis Ababa University; Al Fashir University; University of Khartoum; University of Guyana; University of the West Indies and URACCAN.

Since arriving at CICS Kwesi has worked on a host of projects. Initially he played a large role in the organization and management of the 2008 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening Fellowship on Security Sector Reform in Countries Emerging from Conflict. He also played a leading role on an Oxfam funded project on arms transfers and their implications on development. The report will form a part of the Oxfam and the Control Arms campaign for an Arms Trade Treaty. Kwesi is also involved in running of the MoD African Security Course.

Currently Kwesi is the Project Officer on a DFID funded Study on the Security, Justice and Dispute Resolution Needs of the Poor in Ethiopia. This project, which is an extensive human security and justice survey and has a unique focus on the perceptions poor and vulnerable Ethiopians have about their access to and needs in the areas of security and justice.

Selected Publications

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• Sansculotte-Greenidge, K. (forthcoming, 2008). ‘Case Studies in Asocial Reproduction: Leadership and Conflict Resolution among Refugees in the Horn of Africa’. In Abu Sharaf R. & Layton, R. (eds). The Anthropology of Displaced Peoples. 2008.
• Sansculotte-Greenidge, K. (forthcoming 2008). ‘Fragmentation and Realignment: an Analysis of Endogenous Leadership Systems and Conflict among the BeRà or Zaghawa of Tchad and Darfur’. Africa Peace and Conflict Journal (APCJ). 2008.
• Bradbury, Mark, John Ryle, Michael Medley & Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge. Local peace processes in Sudan: a baseline study (Rift Valley Institute, May 2006) http://www.riftvalley.net/documents/Local_Peace_Processes_in_Sudan_-_May_2006.pdf

Other Professional Activities

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Kwesi is a member of Society for Caribbean Studies (UK); Sudan Studies Society of the UK; Association of Social Anthropologists (UK); Royal Anthropological Institute (UK); Royal African Society; African Studies Association UK. He also sits on the management committee of the non profit organisation Guyanese United for Darfur (GUD).

Refereeing

Africa Peace and Conflict Journal (APCJ). UPEACE. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.