Hang Zhou

I am currently assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Université Laval (Canada) and previously worked as postdoctoral fellow in the TransOceanic Fishers project at Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway). As a political ethnographer, I am mainly interested in South-South relations, politics of development, maritime anthropology, bureaucracy & everyday state, peacebuilding, and infrastructure with geographical focus on Africa and China.

I completed my DPhil in Politics & International Studies at SOAS, University of London. I hold a MRes in Territories, Spaces & Societies from EHESS-Paris, a MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University, and an advanced diploma in Yoruba language from INALCO.

Prior to my PhD, I worked as researcher at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and programme officer at Oxfam Hong Kong. I have also worked as consultant for various policy organisations, including International Institute for Environment and Development, Wildlife Conservation Society, China Centre for International Knowledge on Development, among others.