Christian Olsson
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
University Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
Biography
Christian Olsson is a Lecturer in IR at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), affiliated to its REPI research unit. He is associate editor of Cultures & Conflits . Drawing in particular on (security) studies and sociological approaches, his research focuses on the colonial genealogies of contemporary military doctrine, the historical sociology of security practices and the role of private military he has carried out field-research. His recent publications include: 'Legitimate Violence' in the Prose of Counterinsurgency: An Impossible Necessity? ( Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, May 2013).
Research Interest
International relationships War Conflicts security Sociology International Politics
Publications
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Christian Olsson, "The Rise, Transformation and Fall of the Afghan Commercial Security Sector" in J. Berndtsson and C. Kinsey, The Ashgate Research Companion to Outsourcing Security: The Role of the Market in 21 st Century Warfare , Aldershot: Ashgate, Forthcoming 2015
