Biography
Jacobo Grajales is a professor of political science at the University of Lille, France, and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. Having previously conducted research on the relationships between the state and armed groups in Colombia, he is now harnessing a comparative perspective to examine the ties between post-conflict politics and land policies through field research in Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Liberia. He is co-editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies. His past and current research projects and publications can be found at www.jacobo-grajales.net.