Sara Geenen is an associate professor in Globalization at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is the co-director of the Centre d’Expertise en Gestion Minière (CEGEMI) at the Université Catholique de Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Her current research interests lie in the global and local development dimensions of extractivist projects, addressing questions about more socially responsible and inclusive forms of globalization. Additionally, she studies, among others, transnational ethical supply chain regulation for minerals, informalization processes, ‘linkages’, and local spillovers from mining activities, labour markets, technological transformations, and health in artisanal and small-scale mining.

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