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Hope Johnson

Hope Johnson

Teams and roles for Hope Johnson

Overview

I am a postgraduate researcher in the School of Law and Politics, commencing research in 2024 under the supervision of Professor Edwin Egede and Professor Peter Sutch. My primary research interests are West African politics, Multilateralism and Postcolonial political policy. 

My doctoral thesis pertains to ECOWAS and its relationship with managing conflict within Sub-Saharan Africa; specifically using the Gambian political elections of 2016/17 as a case study. This further extrapolates into a postcolonial commentary on the role of regional organisations in the global political order. 

Publication

Teaching

2025 / 26

Multilateralism and International Law; Cardiff University (LAWPL, MSc)

Law and Justice; Cardiff University (LAWPL, 1st Year)

Introduction to European Integration; Cardiff University (LAWPL, 1st Year)

Introduction to Political Science; Cardiff University (LAWPL, 1st Year)

Introduction to International Relations; Cardiff University (LAWPL, 1st Year)

History of Mass Communication and Culture; Cardiff University (JOMEC, 1st Year)

Understanding Journalism Studies; Cardiff University (JOMEC, 1st Year)

 

2024 / 25

Multilateralism and International Law; Cardiff University

Introduction to European Integration; Cardiff University 

Introduction to International Relations; Cardiff University

 

Training and Development

AdvanceHE Associate Fellowship, 2025

Biography

PhD International Relations, Cardiff University (2024-2029)

MSc Econ International Relations, Cardiff University (2020-2021)

BA English Literature and Languages (Spanish), Royal Holloway University of London (2016-2020)

Professional memberships

British International Studies Association (BISA)

Centre for International Law and Multilateralism (CILM), Cardiff University

Speaking engagements

This is not Clean Energy: Postcolonial Labour and the Mirage of Ethical Extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -  International Political Economy in a ‘World on Fire’, Sussex University / BISA, 2025

Security as Repetition: Colonial Violence and the Policing of Protest in Kenya from Mau Mau to Saba Saba - Critical Studies in Terrorism Working Group Conference, 2025

Statehood without Recognition: Somaliland’s Quest for Sovereignty and the Politics of Citizenship in the Postcolonial Horn of Africa - Political Thought and Intellectual History, Cambridge University, 2025

Speaking from the Margins: Wolof, Decolonisation, and the Politics of Everyday Language – Galactic Humanities, Cardiff University, 2025

Institutional Autonomy and the Effectiveness of the ICC: Lessons from the Al-Bashir Case and AU Resistance - The Political Universes of International Courts, Glasgow University, 2025

The Political Economy of Emergency: Postcolonialism, Crisis Governance, and Decolonial Alternatives - Centre of Law and Society, Cardiff University, 2025 

Decolonizing Peacebuilding: The Role of Local Philanthropy in Northern Uganda - Local Level Peace Building: Between Theory and Practice, Coventry University / BISA, 2025

Assessing ECOWAS' Role in the 2016/17 Gambian Election: Complexities of Multilateral Interventions and Postcolonial Sovereignty - PGR Symposium, Cardiff University, 2025

Inspection of Two Parallel Insurrections: Brazil and the USA - CT CommsNet 5, Conventry University, 2025

Inspection of Two Parallel Insurrections: Brazil and the USA - Security, Crime and Innovation Institute (SCIII) Annual Conference, Cardiff University, 2024

Contact Details

Email [email protected]

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Multilateralism
  • West Africa
  • postcolonialism