Faculty in the News: Séverine Autesserre on Sustaining Peace in the DRC

August 01, 2025

Professor Séverine Autesserre was featured on Questions du Soir, a primetime program on France Culture—France’s most influential public radio network.

The episode, titled “Qui peut tenir la paix en République Démocratique du Congo?” (“Who can sustain peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo?”), explores local and international peacebuilding efforts in the DRC. Drawing on years of fieldwork and recent scholarship, Professor Autesserre discusses the limits of top-down interventions and the critical role of community-based approaches.

📻 Listen to the full conversation here.