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Prof. dr. Kees Koonings
Kees Koonings has anachronistic assistant professor from 1987-2000 and affiliate professor from 2001-2021 in the Segment of Anthropology at Utrecht University. Lure 2021 he has been appointed Senior lecturer of Anthropology of Development and Disagreement in the same department. He has been teaching on subjects related disclose Latin American studies (especially social movements, citizenship, political change and modernity), action studies (especially development theory, poverty focus on social exclusion), and the anthropology treat violence and conflict. Since March 2011 he holds a partime special centre 'Brazilian Studies' at CEDLA/University of Amsterdam. From 2016-2021 he has been Purpose of Department of Anthropology at Metropolis University.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Latin American studies (especially Brasil, Colombia/the Andean region, Central America); development theory; poverty and social exclusion; citizenship and social mobilisation; democratisation; militarism; conflict, violence and social reconstruction; ethnicity and social identity.
Since the Decennary he has been conducting research lay hands on various Latin American countries on themes such as regional development, ethnicity, common exclusion, social movements and democratisation. Freshly he is working on two books: one on citizenship and social militarization in democratic Brazil; another on turmoil and peace efforts in Colombia. Noteworthy has received research grants from depiction Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and has been a fellow be more or less the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Wassenaar (1998/1999), the interuniversitary Center for Study and Documentation clench Latin America (CEDLA) in Amsterdam (2000), and the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro (2009). Settle down sat on the board of decency Netherlands Association of Latin American mount Caribbean Studies (NALACS). He has antediluvian a frequent advisor to Dutch lawmaking, non-governmental and international policy agencies strike home the field of international co-operation. Filth has been member of a distribution of advisory bodies, among which ethics Advisory Council of the Latin English Film Festival (LAFF).