Dr Milli Lake
Milli Lake is an Associate Professor of International Security at the London School of Economics’ Department of International Relations. Her work focuses on central, southern and east Africa. Recent projects include an examination of the relationships between post-conflict institution-building and local dynamics of peace and violence in DR Congo, and examinations of the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes in DR Congo, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
Areas of Research
Civil wars; political violence; security; state-building; rule of law
Publications
- “Imagining a distanced future: centring a politics of love in resistance and mobilisation” LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security Blog, 1 May 2020
- Strong NGOs and Weak States: Pursuing Gender Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa. (Cambridge University Press. 2018).
- “Thematic Review: Gender Politics after War: Mobilizing Opportunity in Post – Conflict Africa. Politics u0026 Gender”, Politics u0026 Gender 13(2) (2017): 336–349.
- “Women and Power After War” Political Violence at a Glance, 6 June 2017
