Sophie Nakueira is a Researcher at the University of Cape Town, serving as a research associate with the Global Risk Governance Programme within the Faculty of Law. She holds a PhD in Public Law and an LLM in Commercial Law from the University of Cape Town, focusing on interdisciplinary governance research across law, criminology, and anthropology. Her academic qualifications include: PhD in Public Law, University of Cape Town LLM in Commercial Law, University of Cape Town Nakueira investigates governance disjunctures between formal legal frameworks and practical implementations, specializing in global spaces (particularly mega-event governance), humanitarian contexts (with emphasis on refugee settlements), legal pluralism, policing mechanisms, migration, and human rights. Her anthropological ethnographic approach maps actors and processes without prioritizing state-centric governance models, revealing how risk is constructed and managed to address contemporary challenges in diverse settings. She was previously a Senior Research Fellow in the Vulnerabilities under the Global Protection Regime (VULNER) project and is currently developing a monograph on humanitarian governance in Africa. Nakueira has also contributed as a visiting scholar, guest lecturer, and consultant across Uganda, South Africa, Australia, Belgium, and Germany. No scientific awards were documented in the source material. Information regarding student advising or research grants was not provided in the available texts. Nakueira maintains active affiliation with the Global Risk Governance Programme at the University of Cape Town and was previously embedded within the VULNER project team.
