Prénom de l'expert

Thierry

Nom de l'expert

VIRCOULON

Associate Research Fellow, Coordinator of the Observatory of Central and Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

Risk and conflict analysis
Security sector reform
Governance of natural resources
Central Africa, Southern Africa, Great Lakes region
Relations between China and Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa Center

Macro view of a political map of Ethiopia

East and Central Africa Observatory

Thierry Vircoulon is a graduate from the French Public Management Institute (ENA) and the Institute for Political Studies in Paris. He holds a masters degree in Political Science from Sorbonne University. He has previously worked for the French Foreign Ministry and the European Commission, notably in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Most of his work is focusing on governance and SSR. He is also part of the OECD group of experts on statebuilding and peacebuilding.

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