Siyum Adugna Mamo

Having studied Conflict and Peace Studies and Philosophy (both at the master’s level), Siyum’s academic and research interest encompasses broader topics such as violent democracy, political violence, electoral democracy, violent extremism, social justice, environment, and the politics of intervention in the context of East Africa. His PhD research, Violent collective actions and the ‘democratic transition’ in Ethiopia, aims to unpack the dynamics of democratization and violent democracy taking cases from Ethiopia.

Recent publications:

Suykens, B., Mamo, S. A., Kapito, M., Rahman, M. A., & Shitima, C. (2025). Moving sand: Sand connections and the role of (truck) transport in sand commodity chains in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. The Extractive Industries and Society, 23, 101652.

Beldé, Marte, Julian Kuttig, and Siyum Adugna Mamo. (2022) "Epistemological crises in violent contexts during the age of (dis) information.", Conference Paper, Conflict Research Group, Ghent University.

Mamo, Siyum Adugna., and Abiot Desta Habte. (2020) "The Political Economy of Commercial Agricultural Land in Ethiopia." PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development (PJGD) 1.1: 49-60.