Dino Mahtani

Dino Mahtani

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

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Languages
English, French
Key Expertise
Africa, conflict, governance, armed groups, jihadism, regional security

About me

Dino began his career as a reporter in Africa for Reuters, the Financial Times and the Economist. He then served a decade with the United Nations working on various investigations commissioned by the Security Council to look into material and financial support to armed groups, and subsequently in a UN peacekeeping mission. Prior to taking up his doctoral studies he was the acting director of the Africa programme at the conflict and policy research group, the International Crisis Group. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank’s fragility conflict and violence (FCV) team.

Research topic

Examining what lies beneath Islamic State’s transformation of regional security dynamics in eastern Africa

Academic supervisor

Chris Alden

Research Cluster affliation

Security and Statecraft Research cluster

Theory/Area/History Research cluster

Expertise Details

Africa; conflict; governance; armed groups; jihadism; regional security