Line Kuppens

Line Kuppens is Assistant Professor of Conflict Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and visiting fellow at the Centre for Research on Peace and Development, KU Leuven. Her current research focuses on (perceptions) of group-based, or so-called 'horizontal', inequalities in education in the multicultural contexts of Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and India. She also conducts research on education, peace and conflict in divided and post-conflict societies. Her general research interests include peace research, conflict management, and ethnicity. Prior to joining CRPD, Line worked as a senior education advisor for VVOB - education for development and as a post-doctoral researcher at St.-Mary's University, Twickenham, London.

Line holds a PhD in Development Studies and Social Sciences from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), an MSc Comparative and International Politics, an MSc Quantitative Analyses in the Social Sciences and a BSc in Political Sciences from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium).