David’s project, titled ‘When states disarm societies: consolidating violence in Bangladesh’, examines the changing character of political authority in the historically unruly southwest of Bangladesh. It will explore how de facto power held by violent actors within and beyond the formal state is negotiated and in flux, radically shaping the character of politics and everyday life.

David was previously a Departmental Lecturer at ODID.

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