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Professor David J. Francis - Staff Profile

Name	Professor David J. Francis
Contact Position	Professor of African Peace and Conflict Studies
Email Address	d.j.francis@bradford.ac.uk

Biography

1998 PhD. University of Southampton, United Kingdom
1993 BA (Hons.) Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone

Teaching Activities:

• African Security Studies: MA – PE5044D

• Globalisation and the South: BA – PE-1505M

• Introduction to Development BA - PE0111M

• International Politics and Security Studies MA – PE-5003D

• PhD Supervision

Research Areas

Research Interests
•    Social Reintegration of Child Soldiers in Africa
•    Regional Economic and Security Regionalisms in Africa
•    Peace and Conflict Analysis: sub-Saharan Africa
•    Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Transition Societies: Sub-Saharan Africa
•    African Security Studies
•    Policing in Transition Societies in Africa
Geographic Focus
•    Sub-Saharan Africa & West Africa

Bibliography

Selected Publications
Books

New Book: D.J. Francis (2010) (Ed). US Strategy in Africa: AFRICOM, terrorism and security challenges, Routledge Global Security Studies  
•    Peace and Conflict in Africa (ed.) London: Zed Books, September 2008  
•    Uniting Africa: Building Regional Security Systems, Aldershot: Ashgate January 2006  
•    Civil Militias: Africa’s Intractable Security Menace? (ed.) Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005  
•    David J. Francis, The Politics of Economic Regionalism: Sierra Leone in ECOWAS, Aldershot: Ashgate, December 2001.  
Forthcoming
•    US Strategy in Africa: AFRICOM, Terrorism and African Security Routledge, June 2010 (ed.) www.routledge.com/books/US-Strategy-in-Africa-isbn9780415485104

Chapters in Books
 “Asymmetrical warfare and the regionalisation of domestic civil wars in Africa: Implications for EU interventions” in Josef Schroef, M. Cox & T. Pankratz (eds.) Winning the Asymmetrical War: Political, Social & Military Responses Peter Lang: Berlin, January 2009, pp. 237-260.

“Peace and conflict studies: An African Overview of Basic Concepts” in Shedrack Best (ed.) Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies in West Africa Ibadan: Spectrum, 2006.
“Peacekeeping in Africa” in Rachel Utley (ed.) Major Powers and Peacekeeping: Perspectives, Priorities and Challenges of Military Intervention Ashgate, 2006
 “Expanding the Frontiers of ECOWAS Integration: The Nexus Between Economic and Security Regionalism in West Africa,” in R. Cline-Cole & E. Robson (eds.) West African Worlds London: Pearson, 2005
 “Nigeria” in Darryl Howlett and John Glen (eds): Realism and Culture: A Strategic Debate. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
 ‘Formal ECOWAS Integration’ in Integrating Africa: Perspectives on Regional Integration and Development Tokyo: UNU Press, 2003.
 “Fighting for Survival: The River Politics in West Africa,” in UNESCO: From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential, Paris: UNESCO, 2003.
 “Democratisation, Security Sector and the ‘Citizenship Palaver’ in Post-conflict Societies: Sierra Leone and Burundi in Comparative Perspective,” in Abebe Zegeya (ed.): Migration and Citizenship in Africa, Dakar: CODESRIA Publications, February 2001.
“Post-Adjustment, Regional Integration and Human Security in Africa,” in Frank Columbus (ed.): Politics and Economics of Africa, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., December 2001. “ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group
 ECOMOG: A New Security Agenda in World Politics,” in Simon Bakut and Sagarika Dutt (eds): Africa Towards the Millennium: An Agenda for Mature Development, London: Palgrave, 2000, pp.177 – 202.
 
Articles in Journals
“Peacekeeping in a bad neighbourhood: ECOWAS in Peace & Security in West Africa’ African Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 9, No. 3, 2009
‘”Paper Protection”’ Mechanisms: Child Soldiers and the International Protection of Children in Africa’s Conflict Zones Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 45, No. 2, Winter 2007
“Linking Peace, Security and Developmental Regionalism: Regional Economic Integration in Africa” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development Vol. 2, No.2, 2006.
“Diamonds and the Civil War in Sierra Leone,” The Courier No.187, July-Aug 2001, pp.73-75.
 David J. Francis & Mohamed Kamanda: “Politics of Language and Education Planning in Sierra Leone” African Studies Spring 2001
“Torturous Path to Peace: The Lomé Peace Agreement and Post-war Peacebuilding and Reconstruction in Sierra Leone,” Security Dialogue Vol. 31, No. 3, September 2000, pp. 357-373.
 “The Fire Next Door: Regional Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution in West Africa,” Review of African Foreign Policy Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2000.
 “Mercenary Intervention in Sierra Leone: Providing National Security or International Exploitation?” Third World Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 2, (Spring) 1999, pp. 319-338.
 “The Economic Community of West African States, the Defence of Democracy in Sierra Leone and Future Prospects” Democratization Vol. 6, No. 4, (Winter) 1999, pp. 139-165.
Policy Papers
“OSSREA: 2000-2006” Stockholm: SIDA Evaluation 08/28 Department for Research Co-operation, March 2008.
 “Lessons Learned Review of the UNHCR Response Programme for Liberian IDPs: 2003-2006” EPAU-UNHCR Geneva, January 2007
 “EU – ECOWAS Co-operative Security for Conflict Prevention in West Africa,” EU Development and Co-operation Conference, French Foreign Ministry Publication, Paris, June 2000, pp. 39 – 46.
 “The Nexus of Peace and Development in Africa,” Office of the Special Co-ordinator for Africa and the Least Developed Countries, OSCAL, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, June 2002, United Nations, New York.