Research Fellow, King's College London
Nicholas researches violence, governance, corruption networks, organised crime and civil society in Brazil with a focus on militias, paramilitaries, and mafias. As an interdisciplinary, qualitative researcher, Nicholas explores political economy structures and processes of bargaining in frontier zones and variations in political and social order.
Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate
Aug 02, 2022 04:12 am UTC| Politics
The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazils violent past, as the murders of Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips have recently illustrated. Three...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight