Tanja Hendriks is an assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and also affiliated with the African Studies Centre Leiden. With a background in cultural anthropology, development studies and African Studies, her ethnographic research focuses on state bureaucracies and humanitarianism in contexts of disaster. Her empirical focus is on Malawi and her new research project 'Taking a Risk on Disasters' examines future-oriented forms of disaster governance.

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