Dr Claire Elder
Lecturer in International Relations
School of Social and Political Sciences
9 Scholarly works
1 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Book
Diaspora Inc.: The Political Economy and Perils of Diaspora Statecraft and Nativist Conflict in Global Somalia and beyond
2023
Research grants (international)
\2018Diaspora States\2019 in Somalia and Afghanistan: New Perspectives on Post-War Politics, Dual Citizenship and International Statebuilding
2022
Journal article
Logistics Contracts and the Political Economy of State Failure: Evidence from Somalia
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adac0242022
Journal article
'Diaspora States' and Why Diaspocrats Fail to Build States
2021
Journal article
Somaliland's authoritarian turn: Oligarchic-corporate power and the political economy of de facto states
DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiab1742021
Report
Somalia’s politics: the usual business? A synthesis paper of the Conflict Research Programme
2020
Thesis / Dissertation
Diaspora return to politics : from state collapse to a new federal Somalia and Somaliland, 1985-2018
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2020
Report
Evidence from the Conflict Research Programme: submission to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
2019
Report
Transnational Capital in Somalia and the Gulf: Blue Desert Strategy
2017
Report
Somalia’s Business Elites and Regional Political Settlements