Peer reviewed articles and book chapters
- Research Brokers We Use and Abuse while Researching Civil Wars and Their Aftermaths – Methodological Concerns. In Civil Wars, 2019: 21(2). Pp 271-285
- Exploring the Backstage: Methodological and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Role of Research Brokers in Insecure Zones (authored with Maria Eriksson Baaz), In Civil Wars, 2019: 21(2). Pp 157-178.
- Urban kinship: the micro-politics of proximity and relatedness in African cities (authored with Jesper Bjarnesen). In Africa – Journal of the International African Institute, 2018: 88(S1): 1-11.
- Radicalized youth: oppositional poses and positions (authored with Henrik Vigh) In African Insurgents: navigating an evolving landscape. Eds. Böås, Morten and Kevin Dunn. Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner. 2017. Pp 23-42.
- Epilogue: African Assemblages of private security. In Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics. Eds. Paul Higate and Mats Utas. Zed Books. 2017. Pp 164-175.
- The Gift of Violence: Ex-Militias and Ambiguous Debt Relations during Post-War Elections in Sierra Leone. (authored with Maya Mynster Christensen) African conflict and peacebuilding review. 2016 6(2): 23-47.
- Governance through Brokerage: Informal Governance in Post-Civil War Societies (authored with Anders Themnér). In Civil Wars, vol 18, no. 3 2016. Pp 255-280.
- “El ébola y la gente que lo resiste”. In Detrás del ébola: una aproximación multidisciplinary a una cuestión global. Eds. Óscar Mateos and Jordi Tomàs. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra. 2016. Pp 75-90.
- “The system bang me right here”: ostacoli e opportunità fra le strade di Freetown e oltre. In Antropologia, vol 2, No. 1, 2015. Pp 41-60.
- The Political Landscape of Postwar Liberia: Reflections on National Reconciliation and Elections (authored with Morten Böås). In Africa Today, vol. 60, no. 4. 2014. Pp. 47-65.
- “Playing the game”: gang-militia logics in war-torn Sierra Leone. In Global Gangs: Street violence across the world. Eds. Hazen, J.M. and Rodgers, D. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2014 Pp. 171-192.
- The Crisis in CAR: Navigating myths and interests (authored with Ilmari Käihkö). In Africa Spectrum, vol 49, no. 1, 2014. Pp. 69-77.
- Introduction: Post-Gaddafi repercussions in the Sahel and West Africa (authored with Morten Böås). In Strategic Review for Southern Africa, vol 35, no 2, 2013.
- Networked City Life in Africa: Introduction (authored with Ilda Lindell). In Urban Forum vol. 23, Issue 4, 2012 Pp. 409–414.
- Introduction: Bigmanity and network governance in Africa. In African Conflicts and informal power: big men and networks. Ed. Mats Utas. London: Zed books, 2012. Pp. 1-34.
- Victimcy and Social Navigation: From the Toolbox of Liberian Child Soldiers. In Child Soldiers: From Recruitment to Reintegration. Ed. Podder, S and Özerdem, A. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. pp. 213-230
- Remobilisation and the “politricks” of ex-combatants in the 2007 general elections (authored with Maya M. Christensen). In Conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa: lessons from Sierra Leone. Ed. Takehiko Ochiai. Research Institute for Social Sciences, Ryukoku University/Showado, 2011. Pp. 173-204 [in Japanese].
- Malignant Organisms: continuities of state-run violence in rural Liberia. In Crisis of the state: war and social upheaval. Eds. Bruce Kapferer and Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Berghahn Books, 2009. pp. 265-291.
- Abject Heroes: Marginalised youth, modernity and violent pathways of the Liberian Civil War. In Years of Conflict: Adolescence, Political Violence and Displacement. Ed. Jason Hart, Refugee Studies Centre/Berghahn Books, 2008. pp. 111-138.
- Mercenaries of Democracy: The ‘politrix’ of remobilized combatants in the Sierra Leone 2007 General Elections (authored with Maya M. Christensen). In African Affairs vol. 107, no. 429, 2008. pp. 515-539.
- West Side Boys: military navigation in the Sierra Leone civil war (authored with Magnus Jörgel) In Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 46, no. 3, 2008. pp. 487-511.
- Fighting (in) the badlands of modernity: youth combatants and the Liberian Civil War. In Journal of Social Sciences & Management. Vol. 1, No 1 2007. pp. 37-44.
- Freetown – Berättelser från den osynliga staden. In Den Ny Verden (tidsskrift for internationale studier), 40(2): 27-37, 2007.
- War, violence and videotapes: media and localized ideoscapes of the Liberian Civil War. In Violence, Political Culture and Development in Africa. Ed. Preben Kaarsholm, James Currey. 2006. pp 161-180.
- Youth(e)scapes (Introduction co-authored with Henrik Vigh and Catrine Christiansen). In Navigating youth – generating adulthood: social becoming in an African context, Nordic Africa Institute Publ. 2006. pp 9-28.
- Victimcy, Girlfriending, Soldiering: Tactic Agency in a Young Woman’s Social Navigation of the Liberian War Zone. In Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 78, no 2, 2005. pp 403-430.
- Building a future? The reintegration and re-marginalisation of youth in Liberia. In No Peace, No War: an anthropology of contemporary armed conflicts. Ed. Paul Richards, James Currey and Ohio University Press, 2005. pp. 137-154.
- Agency of Victims: Young Women’s Survival Strategies in the Liberian Civil War. In Makers and Breakers: Children and Youth as Emerging Categories in Postcolonial Africa. Eds. Filip De Boeck & Alcinda Honwana, James Currey, 2005. pp. 53-80.
- Fluid Research Fields: Studying Excombatant Youth in the Aftermath of the Liberian Civil War. In Children and Youth on the Front Line: Ethnography, Armed Conflict and Displacement. Eds. Jo Boyden & Joanna de Berry, Berghahn 2004. pp. 209-236.
- Assiduous exile: strategies of work and integration among Liberian refugees in Danane, Ivory Coast. In Liberian Studies Journal, vol 29, no 2, 2004. pp. 33-58.
- Liberian Doomsday Carnival – Western Media on War in Africa. In Antropologiska Studier no. 66-67, 2000. pp. 74-84.
- Girls ‘Loving Business’: Sex and the Struggle for Status and Independence in Liberia. In Antropologiska Studier no. 64-65. 1999. pp. 65-76.