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Florian is a research associat at ODI. He works on political violence, smuggling, governance, international interventions and peacebuilding. He is particularly interested in the perspectives of non-state actors and marginalised groups, including insurgents, rebels, resistance movements, criminal groups, victims of violent conflict and civil society activists.

Florian’s research focuses on conflict zones, borderlands and other challenging environments, the ways in which they function and are governed. In addition, his work addresses methodological questions, such as how qualitative data can be collected, how development projects can be implemented, and how humanitarian assistance can be delivered in areas that are viewed as ‘insecure’. He has conducted research on armed conflict in a number of South Asian and Southeast Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand.

Florian did his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he explored how political authorities in conflict zones construct legitimacy. Following his PhD, he was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the LSE. He holds an MSc in Development Management from the LSE and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford. Previously, Florian worked as Project Manager for the development agency GIZ. As a consultant, he has advised organisations such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Florian is also the author of Conflict and Transnational Crime, Borders, Bullets & Business in Southeast Asia (2020), which explores the links between armed conflict and transnational crime. 

  1. Crime and communities: Life under criminal group control

    Briefing/policy papers

  2. Understanding agency in civilian-armed group interactions

    Briefing/policy papers

  3. Rethinking armed group control

    Working papers

  4. The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling

    Book/book chapter

  5. Three myths about armed groups and the smuggling economy