Hamid Khalafallah
Hamid Khalafallah is a researcher, policy analyst and development practitioner. He is currently a PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute of the University of Manchester, researching grassroots movements and political transitions in Africa. Before that, Hamid worked for various international organizations in Sudan, focusing on governance and development issues. He holds a master’s degree in International Development from the University of Bradford, where he studied as a Chevening scholar and was awarded the Development Studies Association (DSA) dissertation prize. Moreover, Hamid is a former fellow of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) in the US, and an alumnus of the Young African Leaders’ Programme at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute (EUI) in Italy. Hamid’s research interests include participatory governance, democracy and democratisation processes, citizen-state engagement and inclusive development. He writes regularly for various online policy platforms.
Listen to Dominic Bowen and Hamid unpack how Sudan’s civil war has reshaped authority, militarised elite bargaining, and fragmented governance across the country, and read our analysis on why shifting territorial control does not equate to state consolidation, as armed political marketplaces, grassroots resilience, and regional entanglements redefine Sudan’s political and strategic trajectory.
