Alex de Waal

7.5k citations
143 papers · 2.8k indexed · h-index 30
Topics
Global Peace and Security Dynamics (31 papers)African history and culture analysis (25 papers)Health and Conflict Studies (24 papers)
Journals
The LancetSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition

In The Last Decade

Alex de Waal

137 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers

Alex de Waal
Comparison fields: 5 of 122
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.6k
  • Political Science and International Relations 928
  • General Health Professions 526
  • Development 355
  • Safety Research 318
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex de Waal

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All Works

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Sudan’s political marketplace in 2021: public and political finance, the Juba agreement and contests
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Sudan: a political marketplace framework analysis
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Somalia Synthesis Paper, 2017
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Breakdown in South Sudan
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HIV/AIDS, Security and Conflict: New Realities, New Responses
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Towards a Comparative Political Ethnography of Disaster Prevention
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Counter-insurgency on the cheap
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The Shadow Economy
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In the disaster zone: Anthropologists and the ambiguity of aid
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About Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Development and General Energy, having authored 143 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Global Peace and Security Dynamics (31 papers), African history and culture analysis (25 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (355 citations), Political Science and International Relations (928 citations) and Safety Research (318 citations). Alex de Waal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ethiopia. Frequent co-authors include Alan Whiteside, Julie Flint, Nicolas van de Walle, Rachel Ibreck, Gail M. Gerhart, Roberta Cohen, M. A. Mohamed Salih, Douglas H. Johnson, Christian Davenport and Joshua L. Kennedy. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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