Researcher Profile - Sandra Roque
Sandra Marina de Castro Roque
Austral Consultoria e Projectos Lda
Av. Zedequias Manganhela, nº95
Maputo, Moçambique
Tel: +258 21 322780
Fax:+258 21 307369
Biography
Sandra Roque is a senior consultant for Austral Consultoria e Projectos, a Mozambican company working on social and economic issues, and a member of the Angolan development NGO Acção para o Desenvolvimento Rural e Ambiente
( ADRA ). Her research has covered issues related to participation, development of local organisations and the relationship between state and society, in particular in urban areas. She is currently working on a PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cape Town , which looks at the integration of war-displaced people in Benguela , Angola.
Projects
Project - From Humanitarian Aid to Citizenship Participation: The NRA in Dombe Grande , Angola with Idaci Ferreira– part of 'Deepening Democracy in States and Localities' Research Programme
Summary - The aim of this project is to analyse the role of community based organisations in changing understandings and practices of democracy and democratic citizenship
Latest Publications
Forthcoming: Roque, S. and Shankland, A., “Participation, Mutation and Political Transition; New Democratic Spaces in Peri-Urban Angola” in A. Cornwall and V. Schattan Coelho (eds.) , Spaces for change?, London: Zed Books.
Roque S., (2004), “Caminhos de reconstrução: reconstrução social”, in O cidadão e a Política, Conferência Episcopal de Angola e S.Tomé e Centro Cultural Mosaiko, Luanda
Robson P., Roque S., (2003), “In search of community and collective action in Angola ”, in “Community and the State in Lusophone Africa”, London , School of Humanities , King’s College
Robson P., Roque S., (2001), “Here in the city there is nothing left over for lending a hand – in search of solidarity and collective action in peri-urban areas in Angola”, London: ADRA -DW
