Dr N.M. Stel (Nora)

Nora is co-chair of the Radboud Young Academy.

Her research and teaching regard the analysis of governance and politics in conflict-affected settings.

In particular, Nora’s expertise concerns two fields. She specializes in studying political authority in conflict situations, investigating the organization of services, security, and representation by hybrid governance assemblages during and after violent conflict. Nora also analyzes the governance of forced displacement. More specifically, she explores the governmentalities and bordering practices that emerge through the politics and policies directed at refugee communities in so-called ‘regional host countries.’

She engages with these themes through qualitative field work – mostly in the Middle East – and critical policy analysis.