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Staff Angela Muvumba Sellström

Angela Muvumba Sellström, Non-resident Fellow

Angela Muvumba Sellström is a Senior Researcher, Conflict and Security, at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Uppsala, Sweden and affiliated to Uppsala University's Department of Peace and...
Read more articles → Email: angela.muvumba-sellstrom@nai.uu.se

Angela Muvumba Sellström is a Senior Researcher, Conflict and Security, at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Uppsala, Sweden and affiliated to Uppsala University’s Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR). She has contributed to policy research in Africa and internationally for two decades. She has conducted field research primarily in Burundi, South Africa and Uganda and is a published scholarly author of research on the African Union (AU), preventing wartime sexual violence and HIV/AIDS as a security threat.

She is one of the 250 scholars that authored the report Rethinking Society for the 21st Century, of the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Life and Peace Institute (LPI) and on the Advisory Council of the Geneva-based non-governmental organization, Fight for Humanity.

At the Nordic Africa Institute, Muvumba Sellström leads research on the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the role of non-permanent members and how African and Nordic states influence outcomes in favor of women, peace and security and build peace in Africa.

Current research projects

  • Principal researcher in the project, “Shattering Glass: How Elected Members of the UN Security Council Fight for Women, Peace and Security” (2021- ), Nordic Africa Institute, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
  • Researcher in the project, “The Urban Dilemma: Urbanization and Ethno-communal Conflict” (2019-),principal researcher, Emma Elversson, Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), funded by the Swedish Research Council.
  • Principal researcher in the project “Disciplining Fighters: Understanding Armed Political Actors’ Control of Sexual Violence”, Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, funded by the Swedish Research Council (2016 – 2018).

Recent articles from
the Global Observatory

  • A New Agenda for Peace and the Climate Emergency

    September 25, 2023 by Cedric de Coning, Gracsious Maviza, Kheira Tarif
    The New Agenda for Peace serves as a stark warning that the damage being done now will have significant implications for humanity’s future wellbeing, safety, and stability.
    Analysis, climate change, New Agenda for Peace
  • “A New Agenda for Peace” Interview with UN Director Asif R. Khan

    September 15, 2023 by Jenna Russo

    Asif R. Khan, Director of UNDPPA's Policy and Mediation Division and a lead penholder of the New Agenda for Peace, reflects on the policy brief and next steps ahead of the Summit of the Future.

    Interviews, New Agenda for Peace
  • The Role of African Multilateralism in the New Agenda for Peace

    September 13, 2023 by Bitania Tadesse

    The New Agenda for Peace provides an opening for continental actors to advance priorities at the global level. However, this requires the AU to deliver on…

    Analysis, africa, multilateralism, New Agenda for Peace
  • WPS in the New Agenda for Peace: Seeing Patriarchy but Missing Innovation

    September 11, 2023 by Phoebe Donnelly
    Bold language on transforming patriarchy is not matched with concrete proposals to advance the WPS agenda and gender equality more broadly.
    Analysis, New Agenda for Peace, women peace and security
  • The New Agenda and Peace Operations: Don’t Bet Against the Future

    September 7, 2023 by Arthur Boutellis
    There seems to be a disconnect between the overall diagnosis of the New Agenda for Peace and its prescriptions for peace operations.
    Analysis, New Agenda for Peace, peacekeeping, united nations

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