Katya Leney

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Title

Ph.D.

Affiliation

British Red Cross, UK

Email

katyaleney@hotmail.com

Mailing Address

Development Officer, Refugee Services
British Red Cross

Countries of Specialization

West Africa

Research Interests

Ph.D. History, University of Cambridge, U.K., 1998; M.Phil. International
Relations, University of Cambridge, U.K., 1994; LL.B. Law, University of
Athens, Greece, 1993.

1998: Kirk-Greene Research Fellow in Tropical African Studies,
St Anthony's College, University of Oxford

1997-1998: Senior Rouse Ball Research Scholar, Trinity College, University
of Cambridge

Research interests:
Peacekeeping, comparative British and French empire, decolonisation,
education politics, relations between government and universities, human
rights, civil administration.

Publications

Decolonisation, Independence and the Politics of Higher Education in West
Africa. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-7734-6853-6.

Keywords

peacekeeping ; British and French empire ; decolonisation ; education politics ; human rights ; ...