Centre for South Asian Studies

Dr Ian Russell

Job Title

Lecturer in African Studies and International Development

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Room number

4.03

Building (Address)

Chrystal Macmillan Building

Street (Address)

15a George Square

City (Address)

Edinburgh

Country (Address)

UK

Post code (Address)

EH8 9LD

Profile

I am particularly interested in questions relating to education, knowledge-producing institutions, conflict, and development. My current research topics relate to national statistics organisations in Africa in a changing data landscape, higher education for refugees, and the educationalisation of social problems in development discourse and practice. 

My doctoral research was a study of the challenges facing universities in Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka and their interactions with processes of peacebuilding and development.