Camille Pellerin
Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 47
- E-mail:
- camille.pellerin@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Atterbomska huset, Valvgatan 4
SE-75310 Uppsala
Sweden - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Camille Pellerin (PhD in Development Studies) is a researcher at the Department of Government. Her research focuses on state – society relations, democratisation, political reform, public administration and urban conflict in the Horn of Africa. Camille is an affiliate researcher at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa. She co-coordinates the courses ‘Introduction to Development Studies’ (Bachelor level) and the ‘The Politics of Development’ (Master level)
Keywords
- communal conflict
- public sector
- hybrid regimes and democratization
- politics of authoritarian regimes
- civil society

Publications
Selection of publications
Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia: An Analysis from Below
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Part of Urban Forum, p. 293-318, 2023
- DOI for Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism: Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia's Capital
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Beyond the Public Silence: Civil Society Activism and Authoritarian Rule in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 264-290, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Civic Activism and Civil Society Reform in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 239-263, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule: From Co-optation to Contestation
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Unpacking ‘public silence’: Civil society activism under authoritarian rule in Ethiopia
Part of Public Administration and Development, p. 331-342, 2023
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(Re)claiming Finfinne?: Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa
Part of Rebellious Riots, p. 128-161, Brill Academic Publishers, 2023
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Contesting the growing city?: Forms of urban growth and consequences for communal violence
Part of Political Geography, 2023
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Part of Journal of Eastern African Studies, p. 395-414, 2022
Civil Society in Ethiopia Reversing the Securitization of Civic Activism?
Part of Ethiopia in the Wake of Political Reforms, Tsehai Publishers, 2020
The aspiring developmental state and business associations in Ethiopia: (dis-)embedded autonomy?
Part of Journal of Modern African Studies, p. 589-612, 2019
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Recent publications
No universal cure for the growing pains of African cities
2024
Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia: An Analysis from Below
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Part of Urban Forum, p. 293-318, 2023
- DOI for Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism: Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia's Capital
- Download full text (pdf) of Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism: Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia's Capital
Beyond the Public Silence: Civil Society Activism and Authoritarian Rule in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 264-290, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Civic Activism and Civil Society Reform in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 239-263, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Urban Forum, p. 293-318, 2023
- DOI for Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism: Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia's Capital
- Download full text (pdf) of Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism: Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia's Capital
Unpacking ‘public silence’: Civil society activism under authoritarian rule in Ethiopia
Part of Public Administration and Development, p. 331-342, 2023
- DOI for Unpacking ‘public silence’: Civil society activism under authoritarian rule in Ethiopia
- Download full text (pdf) of Unpacking ‘public silence’: Civil society activism under authoritarian rule in Ethiopia
Contesting the growing city?: Forms of urban growth and consequences for communal violence
Part of Political Geography, 2023
- DOI for Contesting the growing city?: Forms of urban growth and consequences for communal violence
- Download full text (pdf) of Contesting the growing city?: Forms of urban growth and consequences for communal violence
Part of Journal of Eastern African Studies, p. 395-414, 2022
The aspiring developmental state and business associations in Ethiopia: (dis-)embedded autonomy?
Part of Journal of Modern African Studies, p. 589-612, 2019
- DOI for The aspiring developmental state and business associations in Ethiopia: (dis-)embedded autonomy?
- Download full text (pdf) of The aspiring developmental state and business associations in Ethiopia: (dis-)embedded autonomy?
Chapters in book
Beyond the Public Silence: Civil Society Activism and Authoritarian Rule in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 264-290, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Civic Activism and Civil Society Reform in Ethiopia
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, p. 239-263, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule: From Co-optation to Contestation
Part of Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023
(Re)claiming Finfinne?: Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa
Part of Rebellious Riots, p. 128-161, Brill Academic Publishers, 2023
- DOI for (Re)claiming Finfinne?: Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa
- Download full text (pdf) of (Re)claiming Finfinne?: Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa
Civil Society in Ethiopia Reversing the Securitization of Civic Activism?
Part of Ethiopia in the Wake of Political Reforms, Tsehai Publishers, 2020
Collections (editor)
Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia: An Analysis from Below
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023