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DPhil Student Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock Appointed Lecturer at Edinburgh University

We are delighted to announce that Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock, who is completing her DPhil at ODID, has been appointed Lecturer in International Development at Edinburgh University. She will take up the position, a permanent post in the School of Social and Political Science, in September.

Sarah-Jane's research interests include law and social order in Africa; the politics of mega events; and urbanisation and the politics of urban development. Her DPhil, which was funded by an ESRC studentship, explores how citizens tackle theft and robbery in Durban and what this can tell us about imaginaries and practices of statehood in South Africa.

Sarah-Jane has been a Teaching Fellow at the Department of International Development at the LSE since January 2013.