Judith Verweijen

Judith Verweijen is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences, specializing in political geography and conflict studies with empirical focus on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Her research examines intersections between armed conflict, natural resource governance, and environmental change.

Current projects include 'Environments of Demobilization' (Folke Bernadotte Academy-funded) analyzing climate-security-DDR linkages in Congo and Nigeria, and monitoring MONUSCO peacekeeping withdrawal impacts in South Kivu (International Alert-contracted). Verweijen investigates how resource conflicts interact with armed mobilization in protracted violence contexts.

Publication analysis reveals core themes: 1) political sociology of public authority and armed groups, 2) environmental peacebuilding critiques, 3) extractive industry governance, and 4) infrastructure-conflict relationships. Her methodological approach combines political ecology with microdynamics of violence analysis.