Curriculum Vitae

Name: HAHONOU, Eric Komlavi

Nationality: French

Year of Birth: 1966

Civil status: Married, two children

Current position: Assistant Professor/Postdoc at Roskilde University, Department of Society and Globalisation/ International Development Studies, Denmark

Research member of LASDEL - Laboratory for the Study and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development (Niger and Benin).

I EDUCATION

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Marseille, France), PhD. in social anthropology and ethnology, March 2006.
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Master in social sciences (History, Anthropology, Sociology), September 2000.
Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master in Environmental Economy, September 1990.

II EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Denmark, University of Roskilde, August 2007
Main research: Municipal governance and political cultures in West Africa (Benin, Mali, Niger)
Benin, LASDEL, September 2006 - July 2007
Coordinator of an action-oriented research programme on Local State, Daily governance and Reforms of Public Service in 4 West African Countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger), financed by the DDC (Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation).
- Statal reforms from the top and below in the fields of alphabetisation and primary education in Benin
- Collective inquiry on Daily functioning and reforms of Public Health services in Sikasso Mali, june 2007
Benin, 2005-2006: Mid and short-term consultancies for CIDR (5 months: nov. 05 - march 06) and Afric Performances (1 month: june 06)
Identification of 3 development projects in the field of decentralisation, reinforcement of associative movements and local governance in Southern (département du Plateau) and Northern Benin (départements de l'Alibori et du Borgou). In charge of field enquiries, institutional contacts, analysis and final report. Team leader / clients: Conseil Régional de Picardie, Swiss Cooperation.
Denmark, 2004-2005 : Short-term consultancies for Cowi A/S (1 month: oct. 04) and GRET (1 month: july 05)
Team leader of external evaluations of development projects in the fields of decentralisation and governance in rural Niger and urban areas of Madagascar.
Responsible for enquiries, debriefing, reporting, recommendations priorities and approaches for development assistance / clients: Care International Denmark and CIDR.
Niger, 2001-2004: LASDEL
Research member. Participation in different research programmes related on:
- "Observatory of decentralisation process in Niger", Pr. Olivier de Sardan (dir.): Political parties, development projects and local powers facing decentralisation process. Responsible for collective and individual enquiries in Tillaberi, Balleyara, Gorouol, Bankilaré (Western Niger) and In Gall (Northern Niger), reporting and publications / funding: French Cooperation, German Cooperation, Swiss Cooperation, European Union.
Participation in collective enquiries on local powers and decentralisation in Abalak (Northern Niger) and N'Gourti (Eastern Niger).
- "Popular conceptions about sanitation and representations of public service provision in small towns (municipalities of Tillaberi and Dogondoutchi, Western Niger)" in collaboration with Dr. Blundo G. and Pr. Olivier de Sardan J.-P.: individual enquiries in Tillaberi, reporting and publication / funding: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs ;
- Redactor of LASDEL's political and juridical bulletin on decentralisation process in Niger / funding: FICOD/KFW;
- Organisational audit of pre decentralisation organizations in the cantons of Tondikandia and Tagazar (Western Niger) - Local development and food security development project; Co-responsible for collective and individual enquiries, reporting and publications (in collaboration with Souley Aboubacar)/client: French Agency for Development (AFD);
- Research programme "Corruption and public services in West Africa" - Blundo and Olivier de Sardan (dir.): participation in collective enquiries in the fields of justice, police, customs in Niamey and Birni Konni (Central Niger) / funding: European Union and Swiss Cooperation Agency.
Niger, 1999-2000 : short-term consultancies, independant (1 month) and GRAD (1,5 months).
Consultant on a food security project (client: PAF Riz - UE) that promote rice production: Team leader, responsible for a qualitative study of salient factors for the consumption of local rice in Western Niger.
Identification and formulation of a poverty alleviation project proposal in Niamey and Maradi in a pre decentralisation context (client: SCAC - AFD).
Madagascar, September 1995 - 1998: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
National Programme Coordinator in charge of an urban local development programme (PAIQ). The program, financed by French Cooperation and national funds, was oriented toward the building of new relationships between civil society organisations in poor urban areas and newly elected local governments at municipal level in the national capital as well as in the 5 regional capitals. This was to be achieved through technical assistance (35 employees) and financial supports to local initiatives sustained by international and national NGOs.
In charge of operational teams, capacity building of NGOs and associations. Responsible for coordination with national authorities (attached to the office director of the Prime Minister) and follow-up of funds with the Ministry of Finance.
Madagascar, October 1994 - September 1995: AFVP (French volunteers organisation)
Socio-economist, in charge of the technical rehabilitation of 5 schools (post-cyclonic context) and the identification of an urban social development project in Antananarivo (client: Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France).
Niger, November 1991-1993: AFVP
Coordinator (volunteer contract) of a local development project in rural and urban areas of Tillabéri department promoting health and sanitation education, incomes generating activities, sustainable agriculture and rehabilitation of eroded soils, rehabilitation of public infrastructures, as well as identifying water supply development project in Tillabéri department (client: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Municipality of Juvisy, France).
France, October 1990 - May 1991: Agence de Bassin Seine-Normandie
Research department, responsible for a preliminary study on the economic valorisation of environmental impacts, based on the modelisation of various scenarii of dam projects on the river valleys surrounding Paris.

III Other informations

The master thesis at the University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne was dealing with the valorisation of natural water for industrial purposes (Environmental economics).

The master thesis at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Marseille) addressed interactions between civil servants and users at the emergency service of the National Hospital of Niamey.

Guest PhD. student at the University of Roskilde (Denmark) between March 2004 and June 2005, where I was finalizing the redaction of my PhD thesis.

Animation of seminar on local politics at EHESS Marseille (March 2006, March 2009) as well as periodic seminars at LASDEL in Niamey and Parakou.

Languages: French (mother tongue), English, Danish, Malagasy (language of Madagascar), Djerma-Songhay-Dendi (common vernacular language of Niger-Mali-Benin).

Member of APAD (Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development) since 2001.

IV Publications

A paraître, 2011, "Past and Present Ciizenships of Slave Descent: Lessons from Benin", Citizenship studies, February 2011, vol. 15, n.1.

2009 a,'Slavery and Politics: Stigma, Decentralisation, and Political Representation in Niger and Benin' in Rossi (ed), Reconfiguring Slavery: West African Trajectories, Liverpool, Liverpoll University Press: 152-181
2009 b, "Les partis politiques dans les arènes locales: l'exemple de Gorouol et Bankilaré" in Olivier de Sardan & Tidjani Alou, Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger (Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralisation), Karthala-Codesria, Dakar-Paris: pp. 65-88.
2009 c, "Pré-communalisation et société civile: les associations cantonales de l'arrondissement de Filingué" in Olivier de Sardan & Tidjani Alou, Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger (Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralisation), Karthala-Codesria, Dakar-Paris: pp. 151-171.
2009 d, "Les pouvoirs locaux à Balleyara" in Olivier de Sardan & Tidjani Alou, Les pouvoirs locaux au Niger (Tome 1: A la veille de la décentralisation), Karthala-Codesria, Dakar-Paris: pp. 221-254.
2009 e, "Les premiers pas de la commune de Bankilaré (Niger) ", Etudes et travaux du LASDEL, 77, LASDEL, Niamey.
2008 a,'Culture politique, esclavage et decentralisation. La revanche politique des descendants d'esclaves au Bénin et au Niger', Politique Africaine, octobre 2008, 111: 169-186.
2008 b, "Les premiers pas de la commune de Gorouol (Niger)", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 69, LASDEL, Niamey. http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/180.pdf
2006 a, "En attendant la décentralisation au Niger... Dynamiques locales, clientélisme et culture politique", PhD. Dissertation in social anthropology and ethnology, EHESS, Marseille. www.anrttheses.com.fr
2006 b, "Une communauté nomade face à la décentralisation au Niger", in Fay C., Koné Y.F., Quiminal C. (éds.) : Décentralisation et pouvoirs en Afrique - En contrepoint, modèles territoriaux français, IRD éditions (Colloques et séminaires): 385-406.

2005, "Les pouvoirs locaux dans la commune de Tillaberi", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 33, LASDEL, Niamey.http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/85.pdf

2004 a, "Les pouvoirs locaux dans le Gorouol", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 20, LASDEL, Niamey.http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/32.pdf
2004 b, "Les dynamiques politiques locales dans les futures communes rurales de Bankilaré et du Gorouol", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 28, LASDEL, Niamey.
Hahonou E.K. & Souley A., 2004, "Les associations cantonales dans le Tagazar et le Tondikandia", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 24, LASDEL, Niamey.http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/77.pdf

2003 a, "La question des déchets et de l'assainissement à Tillabéri", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 9, LASDEL, Niamey.http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/21.pdf
2003 b, "Les pouvoirs locaux à Balleyara", Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL, 14, LASDEL, Niamey.http://www.lasdel.net/spip/IMG/pdf/26.pdf

2002, "La chefferie coutumière face au projet de décentralisation dans une localité de l'Ouest nigérien" in Blundo (ed.), La gouvernance au quotidien en Afrique: les services publics et collectifs et leurs usagers, APAD, LIT, nº23-24: 69-86.

2001, "Les interactions entre agents de santé et patients: le cas du service des urgences de l'Hopital National de Niamey" (interactions between health civil servants and users: the case of the emergency service of the National Hospital of Niamey), Working Papers on African Societies, 51, Das Arabische Buch, Berlin.