Visiting Senior Fellow
Department of International Development
Biography
Both an academic and a journalist, Joseph Hanlon moved from a PhD in physics at Tufts University to the staff of New Scientist to being BBC and Guardian stringer in Mozambique (1980-84). More detailed research and book writing followed as he moved into development studies. Other projects included serving as coordinator of the Commonwealth Independent Expert Study on Sanctions Against Apartheid South Africa (1989-90) and Policy Advisor for the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel developing country debt (1998-2000). He became a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE in 2008, linked then to the Crisis States Research Centre. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Open University.
Half of his work is on Mozambique. He has written seven books on Mozambique and has reported on all of Mozambique's multi-party elections. He curates a website with Mozambique election data since 1999 to encourage collaborative research. Dr Hanlon has edited a newsletter on Mozambique since 1993, which is available free on request by contacting j.hanlon@lse.ac.uk.
The other half of his work has been more varied, including civil wars, cash transfers (child benefit, non-contributory pension, etc), and Zimbabwe's land reform. The next book, to be published by Anthem in 2017, is Climate change: Keeping our heads above water in Bangladesh. Research is also underway looking at small scale commercial agriculture in four African countries.
See our Mozambique Election data website.
Research Interests
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Mozambique.
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Bangladesh climate change.
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Small scale commercial farming in Africa.
Recent Publications
Galinhas e cerveja: Uma receita para Moçambique (2014, with Teresa Smart) Kapikua, Maputo. In English as Chickens and beer, a recipe for growth in Mozambique (available as a PDF download).
Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land (2013, with Jeanette Manjengwa and Teresa Smart) Sterling (VA, USA): Kumarian.
Just Give Money to the Poor (2010, with David Hulme and Armando Barrientos) Sterling (VA. USA) Kumarian.
Do more bicycles equal development in Mozambique (2008, with Teresa Smart) James Currey, Oxford, and Há mais bicicletas, mas há desenvolvimento? Maputo: Missanga.
Civil War, Civil Peace (2005, with Helen Yanacopulos) James Currey, Oxford; Ohio University Press; Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
Mozambique and the Great Flood of 2000 (2001, with Frances Christie) James Currey, Oxford and Indiana University Press, Indiana, USA and Moçambique e as Grandes Cheias de 2000, Livaria Universitária Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Also published in Japanese 2002.
Guia Básico Sobre as Autárquias Locais (1998) Ministério de Administração Estatal, Maputo.
Peace Without Profit: How the IMF Blocks Rebuilding in Mozambique (1996) Oxford, James Currey, and Paz sem beneficio (1997) Maputo: O Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.
Mozambique: Who Calls the Shots (1991) London: James Currey.
South Africa: The Sanctions Report (1989), London: Penguin.
Sanctions Handbook (1987) London: Penguin.
Apartheid’s Second Front (1986) London: Penguin.
Beggar Your Neighbours: Apartheid Power in Southern Africa (1986) London: James Currey.
Mozambique: the Revolution Under Fire (1984) London: Zed 1984.
Contact Details
Email: J.Hanlon@lse.ac.uk