About
Sophie Nakueira holds a PhD in Public Law and an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research lies at the intersection of law, criminology, and anthropology. She has lectured on cutting-edge topics in various capacities as a guest lecturer or lecturer at universities in Switzerland, Scotland, Belgium, and South Africa. At the University of Zurich, she taught law, anthropology and migration in East Africa. At the University of Antwerp, her seminars have focused on complex legal questions with an empirical focus on how they manifest in African humanitarian contexts. At the University of Cape Town, her seminars focused on security governance/plural policing in mega event spaces.
Empirically, Nakueira’s research explores the factors and actors that shape refugees’ experiences of vulnerability. Theoretically, her research focuses on plural ordering or plural governance in fragile contexts or global spaces. In particular she investigates the interaction between state and non-state forms of governance and their effects in humanitarian contexts.
Research Focus
The governance of emerging threats: Biometric identification and emerging tech impacts in humanitarian spaces; cross-border mobility due to climate induced displacements, state and non-state governance architectures in resolving challenges to global threats.
Regional Focus
East Africa: Uganda and Tanzania and South Africa
Expertise details
Plural governance, transnational non-state governance, security governance/policing, migration and refugee governance, south-south migration, human rights, and global mega events.