Kasper Hoffmann
@kasperhoffmann.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. Conducts research on nexus between armed conflict, resources and identity. DR Congo, Uganda and Myanmar.
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In Kitwe, #Zambia, part of the Zambian Defence Force barracks is Mawlaik Banquet Hall, a public-usable venue for things like weddings and graduations. It is named after the village Mawlaik in #Burma #Myanmar where Zambia (& Malawi) soldiers fought hard in #WW2.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In Kitwe, #Zambia, part of the Zambian Defence Force barracks is Mawlaik Banquet Hall, a public-usable venue for things like weddings and graduations. It is named after the village Mawlaik in #Burma #Myanmar where Zambia (& Malawi) soldiers fought hard in #WW2.
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Myanmar hosts extraordinary plant diversity, with 864 species found nowhere else.
A new review warns major knowledge gaps persist and calls for urgent, collaborative action to protect key plant hotspots before species are lost.
A new review warns major knowledge gaps persist and calls for urgent, collaborative action to protect key plant hotspots before species are lost.
Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study says
Myanmar is a country of extremes. From tropical forests, mangroves and wetlands to frost-bitten alpine mountain slopes and jagged limestone karst outcrops, it’s home to tremendous botanical…
news.mongabay.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Myanmar hosts extraordinary plant diversity, with 864 species found nowhere else.
A new review warns major knowledge gaps persist and calls for urgent, collaborative action to protect key plant hotspots before species are lost.
A new review warns major knowledge gaps persist and calls for urgent, collaborative action to protect key plant hotspots before species are lost.
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Met @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social en @judithverweijen.bsky.social schreef ik een stuk over de wankele fundamenten van Trump's streven naar een nieuw Pax Americana in Congo. Wie denkt dat de door de VS gefaciliteerde akkoorden vrede zullen brengen, komt alvast bedrogen uit. www.mo.be/opinie/Trump...
‘Trumps streven naar een nieuwe Pax Americana in Congo rust op wankele fundamenten’ – MO*
In het vredesakkoord tussen Congo en Rwanda blijven de oorzaken van meer dan dertig jaar geweld grotendeels buiten beeld
www.mo.be
December 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Met @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social en @judithverweijen.bsky.social schreef ik een stuk over de wankele fundamenten van Trump's streven naar een nieuw Pax Americana in Congo. Wie denkt dat de door de VS gefaciliteerde akkoorden vrede zullen brengen, komt alvast bedrogen uit. www.mo.be/opinie/Trump...
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If you’re having trouble accessing my book The Taliban Courts: War through Law, feel free to contact me. It’s been unavailable and, since OUP won’t do a paperback, the hardback is very expensive for individuals. I’m happy to help you find a way to read it.
December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you’re having trouble accessing my book The Taliban Courts: War through Law, feel free to contact me. It’s been unavailable and, since OUP won’t do a paperback, the hardback is very expensive for individuals. I’m happy to help you find a way to read it.
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It’s good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism — provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem
Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It’s good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism — provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
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fondly recalling when Bill Nordhaus got the econ Nobel for his model that assumed economic damages from climate change would be modest and far in the future heatmap.news/economy/clim...
Climate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per Year
A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets.
heatmap.news
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
fondly recalling when Bill Nordhaus got the econ Nobel for his model that assumed economic damages from climate change would be modest and far in the future heatmap.news/economy/clim...
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Happy to recommend this Bilingual Audiovisual Roundtable "Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods" curated by @samhalvorsen.bsky.social and Adriana Massidda. It hosts 5 short films from Latin America, inc. my film "Urukurenda: In Search of the Land Without Evil" antipodeonline.org/2025/10/29/u...
Bilingual Intervention—“Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods: An (Audio)Visual Roundtable” - Antipode Online
Sam Halvorsen (Queen Mary University of London) and Adriana L. Massidda (University of Sheffield) Spanish language version available at: / Versión en español disponible en: https://antipodeonline.org/...
antipodeonline.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy to recommend this Bilingual Audiovisual Roundtable "Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods" curated by @samhalvorsen.bsky.social and Adriana Massidda. It hosts 5 short films from Latin America, inc. my film "Urukurenda: In Search of the Land Without Evil" antipodeonline.org/2025/10/29/u...
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Call for Conference Papers: International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transitions and Inequality in Africa. Join us at this conference, which will take place 30-31 March 2026, University of Ghana, Accra. Please see the full Call via: www.ug.edu.gh/announcement...
Call for Conference Papers - International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transition and Inequality in Africa | University of Ghana
www.ug.edu.gh
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Call for Conference Papers: International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transitions and Inequality in Africa. Join us at this conference, which will take place 30-31 March 2026, University of Ghana, Accra. Please see the full Call via: www.ug.edu.gh/announcement...
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[COMMENTARY]
Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine. In rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is largely undocumented and often undervalued.
** The views expressed are the author's.
Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine. In rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is largely undocumented and often undervalued.
** The views expressed are the author's.
The uncertain future of DRC’s traditional medicine, a heritage to save (commentary)
Congolese traditional medicine is disappearing. Not due to a lack of usefulness, but due to a lack of space in an increasingly standardized medical world. Faced with the rise of modern medicine,…
news.mongabay.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
[COMMENTARY]
Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine. In rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is largely undocumented and often undervalued.
** The views expressed are the author's.
Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine. In rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is largely undocumented and often undervalued.
** The views expressed are the author's.
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Really enjoyed acting as discussant for Durham Anthropology's 2025 Layton Dialogue today on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, with brilliant speakers Prof. Beth Rose Middleton Manning and Prof. Jay Mistry www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Layton Dialogue - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Really enjoyed acting as discussant for Durham Anthropology's 2025 Layton Dialogue today on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, with brilliant speakers Prof. Beth Rose Middleton Manning and Prof. Jay Mistry www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court expresses its profound alarm and deepest concern over recent reports emerging from El-Fasher about mass killings, rapes, and other crim...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...
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"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Our colleague @penelopeanthias.bsky.social will be speaking next month @camunigeography.bsky.social on the topic of 'Infrastructural affects and (contested) hydrocarbon futures in Bolivia':
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our colleague @penelopeanthias.bsky.social will be speaking next month @camunigeography.bsky.social on the topic of 'Infrastructural affects and (contested) hydrocarbon futures in Bolivia':
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Inspired by the fabulous work of @gillianmathys.bsky.social @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social @denistull.bsky.social @judithverweijen.bsky.social @rogermacginty.bsky.social and many others not on here
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Inspired by the fabulous work of @gillianmathys.bsky.social @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social @denistull.bsky.social @judithverweijen.bsky.social @rogermacginty.bsky.social and many others not on here
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Well, this is reassuring. Light at the end of the tunnel?
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well, this is reassuring. Light at the end of the tunnel?
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I've written about the difficulties challenges in the various #DRC peace initiatives, and the bleak outlook.
🇨🇩 "The persistence of conflict in #DRC ’s eastern region isn’t due to a lack of peace initiatives. I argue that some initiatives suffer from flawed design, others from difficult implementation, and some from a combination of both."
💻 @kristoftiteca.bsky.social
theconversation.com/drcs-latest-...
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theconversation.com/drcs-latest-...
DRC’s latest peace deal is breaking down and it isn’t the first – what’s being done wrong
Sustained diplomacy is needed to make current peace efforts work more effectively in the DRC.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I've written about the difficulties challenges in the various #DRC peace initiatives, and the bleak outlook.
🌍Proud to share our new article in Land Use Policy:
“Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo”
📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity
@crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
“Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo”
📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity
@crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
Redirecting
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🌍Proud to share our new article in Land Use Policy:
“Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo”
📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity
@crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
“Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo”
📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
#Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity
@crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
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AFP | One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.
Rakhine State sees 'dramatic' hunger rise after aid cutbacks
One of Myanmar's most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a "dramatic rise in hunger" after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Progr...
www.frontiermyanmar.net
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AFP | One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.
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So sad, Callon was such an important figure in STS. Who can forget those scallops? I met him once at the École des Mines, Bruno Latour introduced us, around 1990 - that was it. I wish I'd gotten to know him, too late now - yet the scallops and ANT live on
#STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
#STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
August 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
So sad, Callon was such an important figure in STS. Who can forget those scallops? I met him once at the École des Mines, Bruno Latour introduced us, around 1990 - that was it. I wish I'd gotten to know him, too late now - yet the scallops and ANT live on
#STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
#STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social
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Funny piece. It's actually stunning how incompetent people can end up influencing African policy just because they cultivate proximity with decision-making circles. Paris has its Phams, too
The grift tank
In Washington’s think tank ecosystem, Africa is treated as a low-stakes arena where performance substitutes for knowledge. The result: unqualified actors shaping policy on behalf of militarists, lobbyists, and frauds.
africasacountry.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Funny piece. It's actually stunning how incompetent people can end up influencing African policy just because they cultivate proximity with decision-making circles. Paris has its Phams, too
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And now the book is officially out!
My book Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu's Borderlands can now be pre-ordered with a 20% discount
www.cambridge.org/be/universit...
www.cambridge.org/be/universit...
July 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And now the book is officially out!
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Fishing is an important food production system that's most vulnerable to climate change, and yet governments lack data to help fishers adapt.
To address that gap, the global research partnership CGIAR recently launched its Asia Digital Hub.
To address that gap, the global research partnership CGIAR recently launched its Asia Digital Hub.
A new data hub helps small-scale fishers adapt to climate change
Roughly 40% of the global fish catch comes from small-scale fisheries. It’s one of the food production systems most vulnerable to climate change, and governments are lacking data to help fishers…
news.mongabay.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Fishing is an important food production system that's most vulnerable to climate change, and yet governments lack data to help fishers adapt.
To address that gap, the global research partnership CGIAR recently launched its Asia Digital Hub.
To address that gap, the global research partnership CGIAR recently launched its Asia Digital Hub.
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My book Fractured Pasts @universitypress.cambridge.org was officially launched today. Grateful for everyone who attended, and thanks to everyone who contributed in big and small ways. You can order it here www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... and you can get a 20% discount at checkout using FPLKB2025.
June 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My book Fractured Pasts @universitypress.cambridge.org was officially launched today. Grateful for everyone who attended, and thanks to everyone who contributed in big and small ways. You can order it here www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... and you can get a 20% discount at checkout using FPLKB2025.
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In Luanda for the launch of this edited volume on #Angola after Dos Santos, produced in record time in Portuguese & English with chapters by Angolan & foreign scholars. Both versions in the link. My chapter is on the politics of public memory 50 years after independence.
www.cmi.no/publications...
www.cmi.no/publications...
Angola after dos Santos: An anthology on continuity and change
As Angola celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, it is timely to provide an assessment of the state of political, s...
www.cmi.no
June 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In Luanda for the launch of this edited volume on #Angola after Dos Santos, produced in record time in Portuguese & English with chapters by Angolan & foreign scholars. Both versions in the link. My chapter is on the politics of public memory 50 years after independence.
www.cmi.no/publications...
www.cmi.no/publications...