The Expert is a psychoanalytical anthropologist of violent ethnic & cultural conflict in Eurasia, South Asia, Middle East, Central and South America, West Africa, North Africa and the Horn of Africa with experience working in military, diplomatic, and humanitarian interventions in intra-state violent conflicts.
Occupation: Psychoanalytical Anthropologist
Countries of expertise: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen
The Expert is a social science researcher and Assistant Professor of African politics. She has expertise with quantitative & qualitative research on energy, climate change, environment, natural resource management, democracy, human rights, civil society, education, and forced migration. She is a certified project manager, technical writer, and program & project evaluator. She has has deep expertise in the African region and specifically on countries in West Africa, East Africa, southern Africa, and the DR Congo.
Occupation: Senior Researcher and Assistant Professor
Countries of expertise: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo (Republic of), Cote d`Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dr D’Orsi has a vast academic and consulting portfolio across the African continent - As a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL) at the University of Johannesburg since October 2016, the expert has supervised numerous research projects and delivered presentations to LLM students in Refugee Law, Migration Law, and Human Rights Law, while also contributing as a Guest Lecturer at various institutions globally, including the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and the University of Perugia. Additionally, the expert’s extensive experience as a consultant for organizations such as the South African Institute for Security Studies and the Office of the City Manager, City of Tshwane, has further enriched his expertise in areas of migration, refugee protection, and integration policies, particularly in relation to persons from African countries, and can speak to country conditions throughout the continent.
Occupation: Your Occupation: The expert has served as a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL) at the University of Johannesburg. His responsibilities include conducting and supervising research projects for publication, delivering presentations to LLM students on Refugee Law, Migration Law, and Human Rights Law, and co-supervising LLM dissertations. Dr D’Orsi also serves as a Guest Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, teaching courses on Migration and forced migration in Africa and beyond. His career also involves visiting lecturer positions at various institutions, including the University of Perugia and Saint Thomas University School of Law, focusing on migration governance, refugee protection, and intercultural human rights. Additionally, the expert has served as a consultant for organizations such as the South African Institute for Security Studies and the Office of the City Manager, City of Tshwane, advising on issues related to African migrants, refugees, and integration into the South African socio-economic fabric.
Countries of expertise: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of), Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The Expert served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali (1996-7) and conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Guinea (2002-03) for her doctorate in anthropology (2004, University of Kentucky). As a Fulbright Scholar in 2011-12, she taught Development Studies at Mzumbe University in Tanzania. She publishes on cultural topics of household, rites of passage, kinship, and gender and currently teaches at Missouri State University as an Associate.
Occupation: Associate Professor of Anthropology, Missouri State University
Countries of expertise: Guinea, Mali, Tanzania