Hallelujah Lulie Wondimu

I am a doctoral candidate interested in nationalism, democratization and security. My DPhil project explores the nexus between nationalism and citizenship in the Horn of Africa. I am researching how nationalist movements negotiate citizenship in multinational states, and what shapes and changes their conception of nationhood, statehood and self-determination. The research builds on my study as a MSc student in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) specializing on nationalism and democratization. Prior to Oxford, I was in the think-tank and policy research sphere for more than a decade studying political, security and geopolitical trends in the Horn of Africa, and the affairs of the African Union. I was a senior visiting policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and head of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA). My policy research experience includes working for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Amani Africa and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). I have published on democratization in Africa, the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and state fragility and regional integration in the Horn of Africa. My expertise has been covered by The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the BBC, Al-Jazeera, Le Monde, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Reuters, Foreign Policy, and The Financial Times.