FOLASHADE SOULE-KOHNDOU RESEARCHER - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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1 FOLASHADE SOULE-KOHNDOU RESEARCHER - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EDUCATION PhD Political science - International relations (summa cum laude) - Sciences Po Paris (Oct May 2014) Master s degree in Political Science (magna cum laude)) Sciences Po Paris(awarded on 3 July 2009) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PhD International relations, Sciences Po Paris ( ) Investigating the role of rising powers groupings in global governance with the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) forum as empirical case study. Attend the 5th IBSA summit in Pretoria and the Academic forum in Durban Research associate Global Economic Governance programme University College Oxford University (since May 2013) Produce policy briefs and working papers for the research programme Prepare a working paper on south-south cooperation with the IBSA fund as case study Advance and get support from professors and research staff with the writing process of the PhD Attend seminars, and get involved with the policy-oriented research environment of GEG Visiting PhD fellow United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, New York USA (November 2011 February 2012) Collect data on the different development projects set up by the (IBSA) Fund and managed by the special unit for south south cooperation. Led interviews with the IBSA high-level officials to get their understanding of South South development cooperation and IBSA political concertation in the UN Security Council

2 Visiting PhD fellow Instituto Rio Branco (IRBr) Brasilia, Brazil (April-June 2011) Field research for PhD thesis. (Sciences Po Paris - IRBr agreement) Observe and analyze the diplomatic environment and collect data on IBSA, BRICS. Lead interviews to understand the brazilian perspective of southern coalition-building and the fostering of south-south cooperation through the IBSA dialogue forum Attended high level conferences organized by the institute Visiting PhD fellow Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) New Delhi, India (January 2011 March 2011) Field research mission at the Research and Information system for developing countries (think tank affiliated to the Ministry of External Affairs) Collect data and lead interviews to understand the Indian perspective of southern coalition-building and strategic aims of south-south cooperation (IBSA - BRICS) Visiting PhD fellow South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Johannesburg South Africa (September 2010 November 2010) Collect data and present communication on PhD findings after the field mission Observation of the policy-thinking/making environment of the n 1 think tank in Africa (rated by the Global go-to think tank ranking) Lead interviews to understand the South-african perspective of southern coalition-building and strategic aims of the IBSA forum AWARDS CNRS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD yr PhD scholarship awarded by the national french council of scientific research FIELD RESEARCH GRANTS January 2011 June 2011

3 Field research grant for field trip in Brazil awarded by the Institut des Ame riques, and the REFEB (Re seau des Etudes Françaises au Bre sil) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Tutorial sessions at Sciences Po Paris for courses in Politics of International development, Institutions of International development, and International politics of sustainable development and the environment (Profs, Ian Goldin from Oxford University ; Laurence Tubiana from Sciences Po Paris and Jean Jacques Gabas from Sciences Po Paris) ( ) Classes of 30 and 100 students, 2-4 hrs per week, requiring a prior-assessment of course curriculum, development of suitable resources in collaboration with lead professors, organisation and delivery of sessions and course work making. Lecturer in World Politics for 2 nd year undergraduate students at Sciences Po Paris (2012) Class of 20 students, 2hrs a week, requiring the design of a specific curriculum, provide research methodology, map-making skills. Review 3 series of work assignments per student. Member of Master s thesis jury : discuss the memoires and research thesis of Masters students in International affairs and International strategy, Ecoles de St-Cyr Coëtquidan and Université Paris 13 CONSULTANCIES AND ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Free-lance International Affairs and Strategy consultant (since 2012) Draft articles and briefing notes on selective international issues (e.g. Emerging Africa, challenges of overlapping diplomatic clubs of emerging powers, triangular cooperation) for international advisory and analysis firms (Oxford Analytica, Alindaou Consulting International, Emerging Actors Consulting, ) Provide strategic polucy advise on how development banks could engage in triangular cooperation partnerships (Agence Française de De veloppement) Global relations and Engagement consultant, OECD - Paris ( ) DCD-DAC : Research report and Survey analysis based on responses from 73 countries' involvement in south-south/triangular development cooperation between OECD donors, emerging powers and developing countries for the DCD-DAC. Global Relations Secretariat: Research and advisory on enhancing relations between selected OECD key partners (India,Brazil, South Africa) at the OECD Global Relations Secretariat Monitor key political and economic developments in Subsaharan Africa and selected African countries and its implications for the OECD. Arrange meetings for SG and GRS advisors in selected OECD key partners (India, South Africa), draft talking points and briefing notes.

4 Programme associate, European Commission delegation, Yaounde, Cameroon (2010) Masters field internship Development projects assistant Follow-up of bilateral and regional cooperation agreements in agriculture, environment, governance, gender and human rights between the EU and the government and civil society associations in Cameroon Followy-up of field projects in rural areas (agriculture) Programme specialist assistant, United Nations Economic and Scientific Cooperation Organization, Paris, France (UNESCO) (2008) Internship at the Bureau of Strategic Planning (BSP) / Division for Gender Equality Help monitor gender inclusiveness in the UNESCO development projects Write summaries of the sessions of the 34th General Assembly PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP SOCIETIES OF International Political Science Association (IPSA) Advisor at the Africa board of Sciences Po Alumni «International organisations» - CERI/Sciences Po working group

5 APPENDIX PUBLICATIONS Books «Puissances e mergentes et Multilate ralisme : le cas de l Afrique du Sud» ( ) Analyse des strate gies d une puissance e mergente» Pre face de Bertrand Badie- Editions L Harmattan, Collection Etudes africaines, June 2010, 176pgs Book Chapters UN Security Council Resolution 418 (trade and arms embargo on South Africa) in Les grandes résolutions du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, Editions Dalloz, 2012, pp Refereed Journals «South Africa in the BRICS-Africa relationship», in Afrique contemporaine, July 2014 (upcoming) History of contemporary south-south relations, in Afrique contemporaine, July 2014 (upcoming) Forums d e mergents et multilate ralisme : le cas du forum IBAS (Inde-Bre sil-afrique du Sud). Perspectives Internationales, avril septembre 2012, n 2, p Journal Articles L activisme du Bre sil au sein des forums d e mergents, Questions Internationales spécial Brésil, n 55, May- June 2012 Coope ration sud-sud et lutte contre la pauvrete : le cas du forum IBSA (Inde-Bre sil-afrique du Sud) CERISCOPE (February 2012) IBSA, BRICS: l inte gration des pays e mergents par les clubs?, Rubrique «Kiosque» Centre d Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) May 2011 Working and Discussion Papers «South Africa competing with the other BRICs in Africa», Great Insights, ECDPM, vol.3, issue 4, April 2014 «The India Brazil South Africa (IBSA) dialogue forum a decade on : mismatched partners or the rise of the South?», Working Paper, n 88, Global economic Governance programme, Oxford University, November 2013

6 COMMUNICATIONS Papers presented at International Conference seminars Emerging middle powers and club diplomacy : functions and limits of an exclusive diplomacy, Paper presented at the 8th pan-european conference on International affairs, Warsaw, 21 september 2013 Reforming the UN from within : the strategies of India, Brazil and South Africa through the IBSA forum OXPO (Oxford-Sciences Po) Workshop Oxford University 17 Mai 2012 Le ro le des forums d e mergents dans la politique e trange re de l Afrique du Sud - CERI Sciences Po Working group on Rising Powers Paris, 16 Mai 2012 Emerging middle powers groupings in global governance: the case of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) forum in the United Nations, Panel, ISA - International Studies Association convention, Montre al, March 17th 2011 Discussant of 13 research projects, - Theories and Practices of International Cooperation, University Paris 13, De cembre 2010 The Emergence of IBSA and its role in shaping Global Governance: perspectives from South Africa, South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, November 4th, 2010 Media Communication BRICS countries central banks rise their interest rate, BBC Afrique, Dakar, 30 January 2014 «L a ge d or des BRICS est-il fini?», TV5 Monde, L œil de la re daction, 17 august 2013 Les pays des BRICS : de la force e conomique a un de sir d influence diplomatique» TV5 Monde L œil de la re daction tv5monde.org Mars 2012 IBSA, BRICS: l inte gration des pays e mergents par les clubs?, Le Monde, Mai 2011, also published on the website of the Foreign Ministry of Brazil Itamaraty «Sala de Imprensa/ Artigos de politica externa» Inde-Bre sil-afrique du Sud: Sante, agriculture, des projets communs, Le Monde Diplomatique, Mars 2011 L Afrique du Sud, les BRICS et les politiques anti-dumping, BBC Africa, (BBC Soir GMT) 15 Mai 2012 Quelle place pour les e mergents dans le monde? Debate Emission Ge opolitique Radio France Internationale (RFI) 29 Juin 2011 Government-related Policy communications «Les postures internationales des BRICS» Seminar Les BRICS en questions IHEDN Institut des Hautes Etudes de De fense Nationale,Paris, 7 october 2013 «South-South multilateral trust funds : actors, aims and strategies» Prospective meetings Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Paris, 12 September 2013 Audition by French National Assembly MP s Parlementarian Mission on «Anglo-saxon rising economies in Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa)», French National Assembly, Paris, 5 June 2013 «Les dynamiques d intervention exte rieure en Afrique australe» Atelier de recherche «Perspectives strate giques en Afrique» - IRSEM French Ministry of Defense 12 Janvier 2012

7 Quelle e mergence pour l Afrique du Sud? L e mergence comme statut ambivalent Intervenante (Panel : l e mergence comme posture strate gique) Workshop IRSEM French Ministry of Defense 6 Octobre 2011 Emergences: le basculement du monde? Debate Festival de Géopolitique et Géo-économie Grenoble Ecole de Management 27 Mars 2011