Laurent FourchardLaurent Fourchard is Senior Research Fellow at the National Foundation for Political Science at the Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po Paris, France. He holds a PhD in history from Université Paris 7 and has been acredited to supervise PhD research from Sciences Po Paris from 2014. His research is located at the crossroads of African history and African politics. His interests focus on the regulation of violence, citizenship and belonging, everyday working of the state and urban comparative research. He has published twenty articles and edited five books on these issues, the last one on Governing Cities in Africa: Politics and Policies (with Simon Bekker) (HSRC Press, 2013). He has taught at Sciences Po Paris, Sciences Po Bordeaux, Université Paris 7 and the University of Cape Town. He is currently the director of publication of the journal Politique africaine and editorial board member of Africa, The Journal of African History and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Read More Read Less