Dr Titus Sauerwein
Academic and research departments
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Business Transformation.About
Experienced researcher with a background in International Relations (MSc) and African Studies (MA) specialised in the governance of the extractive sector in sub-Saharan Africa and more specifically Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM).
Knowledge and key skills in field and desk-based socio-economic qualitative research methods (multi-sited ethnography, archival research); mineral governance, political-economy, macro-economic, stakeholder and policy analyses. 1 year fieldwork experience in Cote d’Ivoire. Experienced in presenting and leading the organisation of international workshops and conferences.
ResearchResearch interests
My research on extractive industries in sub-Saharan Africa examines the dynamics of interactions and engagement between different actors at the fringes of the state, where the boundaries between formal and informal, customary and statutory, and private and public are typically obfuscated. Since 2017, I have carried out research on the gold mining frontier in Côte d’Ivoire, where large-scale gold mining companies and ASM communities increasingly interact, and which has often culminated in violence.
Research interests
My research on extractive industries in sub-Saharan Africa examines the dynamics of interactions and engagement between different actors at the fringes of the state, where the boundaries between formal and informal, customary and statutory, and private and public are typically obfuscated. Since 2017, I have carried out research on the gold mining frontier in Côte d’Ivoire, where large-scale gold mining companies and ASM communities increasingly interact, and which has often culminated in violence.
Publications
Sauerwein, T. (2022) “Friends, Foes or Equals? Contextualising Stakeholder Relations in Côte d’Ivoire’s Gold Mining Frontier.” Doctoral Thesis. University of Surrey. Web.
Hilson, G., Van Bockstael, S., Sauerwein, T., Hilson, A., & McQuilken, J. (2021). Artisanal and small-scale mining, and COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A preliminary analysis. World Development, 139, 105315. Chicago
De Jong, T. U., & Sauerwein, T. (2021). State-owned minerals, village-owned land: How a shared property rights framework helped formalize artisanal diamond miners in Côte d’Ivoire between 1986 and 2016. Resources Policy, 70, 101920.
Hilson, G., Sauerwein, T. Owen, J. (2020) Large and artisanal scale mine development: The case for autonomous co-existence. World Development 130, Article 104919.
Sauerwein, T. (2020) Gold mining and development in Côte d’Ivoire: Trajectories, opportunities and oversights. Land Use Policy, Volume 91, 104323