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Zoë Marriage is Professor of Security and International Development at the Department of Development Studies of SOAS University of London. She serves as a Research Cluster Convenor within the department and previously held the position of Head of Department from 2019-2023.
Her academic background includes a BA from Oxford University, MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics, an MMus from Bath Spa University, and recognition as a Professional Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. These diverse qualifications reflect her interdisciplinary approach that bridges social sciences and arts.
Professor Marriage's research centers on the complex interactions between conflict, security, and development, with particular regional expertise in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil. Her work explores how people conceptualize and pursue security in contexts of violence, with a special focus on marginalized voices and alternative narratives that challenge mainstream security paradigms. More recently, her research has examined cultural resistance through the Afro-Brazilian art form of capoeira, investigating how aesthetics and embodied practices offer pathways to security and transformation. Her scholarly output reveals a clear evolution from traditional security and development studies toward innovative explorations of cultural resistance and aesthetics.
Professor Marriage actively supervises doctoral students working on related topics including resistance movements in the DRC and work experiences in South Kordofan, Sudan. She is engaged with the Rede Nordestina/Northeastern Network, which explores the connections between art, resistance, and transformation in Brazil through Instagram @rede_nordestina.
