Symphorien Ongolo has been a Research Fellow at France’s Institute of Research for Development (IRD) since December 2020. He is a political scientist whose research focuses on power dynamics, links between globalization and governance of natural resources in the countries of the South and in Africa in particular. He has published widely on these topics, particularly central Africa. Before joining the IRD, he was a postdoctoral Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow within the “Forest and Nature Conservation Policy” Chair at the University of Göttingen – Germany. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
