Bruno Braak
Researcher
- Name
- B.J. Braak MA
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- b.j.braak@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7612-9941
Bruno Braak, MLitt (1987) is post-doctoral researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute in the research project ‘Access to Justice in Libya’. His PhD monograph is entitled 'Overcoming Ruptures: Zande identity, governance and tradition during cycles of war and displacement in South Sudan and Uganda (2014-9)'. For this thesis, Bruno conducted multi-sited ethnographic research in South Sudan and Uganda. The thesis shows how people attempts to construct continuity and coherence in times of conflict, displacement, and change, and shows what roles traditional authorities play in that regard. Elements of this research were also published with the Rift Valley Institute, the Africa-blog of London School of Economics and Political Science, and Civil War Journal (forthcoming in 2022).
Bruno studied Peace and Conflict Studies (MLitt) at the University of St Andrews. His master’s thesis on peace missions in Kosovo was awarded the Sir Menzies Campbell Prize for the best thesis written in the School of International Relations. Before that, he studied Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University with a minor in Law, Culture and Development offered by the Van Vollenhoven Institute. Bruno interned with NRC Handelsblad, the Netherlands Embassy in Sudan, the Clingendael Institute and Stichting Duurzame Samenleving Papua. He has also set up a website with video-interviews: www.warandpeacetalk.com.
Researcher
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Metajuridica
- Van Vollenhoven Instituut
- Braak B.J. (1 June 2022), Overcoming ruptures: Zande identity, governance, and tradition during cycles of war and displacement in South Sudan and Uganda (2014-2019) (PhD thesis. Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University) Meijers-reeks no. MI-390. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Otto J.M., Jacobs C.I.M. & Leonardi C.
- Hillary I.W. & Braak B. (2022), ‘When the World Turns Upside Down, Live Like a Bat!’: Idioms of Suffering, Coping, and Resilience among Elderly Female Zande Refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda (2019–20), Civil Wars : 1-22.
- Braak B.J. (7 September 2020), ‘Warlord politics’ guides peace in South Sudan. Africa at LSE Blog: The London School of Economics and Political Science [blog entry].
- Braak B. & Kenyi J.J. (2018), Customary Authorities Displaced: The experience of Western Equatorians in Ugandan refugee settlements. Nairobi, Kenya: Rift Valley Institute.
- Braak B.J. (2016), Exploring Primary Justice in South Sudan: Challenges, concerns, and elements that work (. Van Vollenhoven Institute, Faculty of Law, Leiden University), . Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute.
- Braak B.J. (2016), Exploring Primary Justice in South Sudan: Challenges, concerns, and elements that work (. Van Vollenhoven Institute, Faculty of Law, Leiden University), . Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University.
- Braak B.J. & Jacobs C. (2016), Literature Review: Justice in South Sudan (. Van Vollenhoven Institute, Faculty of Law, Leiden University), . Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University.
- Braak B.J. (2016), Policy Brief South Sudan : working with local institutions to improve the provision of justice. Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute. [White paper].
- Braak B.J. (6 November 2015), HL Hart in South Sudan: the war-torn secondary rule of recognition. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden University [blog entry].
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