Söhail Réaumur-Anderson

Söhail is an external PhD candidate. He conducts interdisciplinary research on how the decline and closure of coal mines in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are reshaping employment opportunities and livelihood strategies for micro-enterprises (SMEs). He conducts this research in collaboration with the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State (UFS).

Before starting his PhD, he completed a master’s degree at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol, specialising in international relations. His thesis examined relations between the BRICS countries, focusing on the shared development and security interests that help hold the grouping together. He also holds a second master’s degree from Leiden University in Crisis and Security Management. He completed his undergraduate degree at De Montfort University in Leicester in International Relations and Politics. His dissertation examined Lava Juto Operation from a Gramscian perspective, focusing on corruption, state capture and their wider effects on the Brazilian economy during the period of Workers’ Party (PT) governments.

Key words: Energy Transitions, BRICS, Extractive Industry, South Africa,  Infrastructure politics,  Governance & Democracy, International development, Work & Economy, South-South cooperation.