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Nikkie Wiegink is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University. Her recent research projects focus on corporate sovereignty, frontier governance, resource extraction, and displacement, with significant work conducted in Mozambique. She actively participates in the Horizon2020 PITCH project, which is concentrated on heritage and gas extraction in Groningen, Netherlands. Wiegink has authored the book 'Guerrillas Mozambique' published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, based on her ethnographic fieldwork among Renamo combatants. Her publications address the dynamics of (former) armed groups, including topics like Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR), war veterans, witchcraft, citizenship, and more. Prior to her current position, she worked as a consultant on disarmament and small arms control at the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) from 2014 to 2015.
Utrecht University • Utrecht
Teaching and conducting research in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on corporate sovereignty and resource extraction.
Department of Psychology