Julius Lambi, MA

Julius Lambi
MSc in Environmental Management (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Short Biography
I was born in 1980 in Yaoundé (Cameroon). I earned a master’s degree in Environmental Management from Aalborg University in March 2007. My thesis was entitled "The Potentials of Participation in Promoting More Sustainable Waste Management: A Comparative Study of Solid Waste Management in Douala and Bamenda, Cameroon". The study analysed how cooperation between the state and civil society actors could contribute to more effective and sustainable solid waste management.

PhD Topic
Associations and Pressure for Democratic Governance: The Case of Cameroon
My research assesses, quantitatively, the extent to which development associations in Cameroon possess capacities to pressure for deeper democracy and equality in development. It analyses how the institutional context, which consists of regulatory, normative and cultural elements constrain bottom-up pressure for democratic governance. The study identifies strategies and policies that civil society organisations and donors need to change or build upon, in order to increase their contribution to democratic change in Africa.

Publications
Lambi, J. N. (2010): ‘What Promotes Citizen Participation? Asking the Question Once More’. In: New Forms of Citizen Participation: Normative Implications, Amnå, E. (Ed.), European Civil Society Series, Nomos, Baden-Baden, pp. 67-80.

Working Papers
- ‘Early Effects of Decentralization in Bamenda, Cameroon: A Qualitative Assessment’
- ‘Triggers and Outcomes of Collective Protests: An Analysis of the February 2008 Widespread Protest in Cameroon’
- ‘Assessing Bottom-up Pressure for Participatory Governance: The POWER Framework’
- ‘Who makes Development Claims? A Critical Analysis of the Cameroon Development Corporation’

Conferences and Workshops
- First Vienna African Studies Conference for Young Researchers, 16-18 October, 2009.
- Expert Interviews as a Qualitative Method, Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Oct. and Nov. 2009.
- Associational Life: A Capacity-building workshop for Civil Society Organizations, The North West Association of Development Organisations (NWADO), Bamenda, 7-9 April 2009.
- Qualitative Interviewing, Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, 25-27 February 2009.
- The Research Network Social Movements Mid-Term Conference, CINEFOGO, 10-11 October 2008, University of Trento, Italy.
- Normative Implications of New Forms of Participation, CINEFOGO, 8-10 May 2008, Orebro University, Sweden.
- 4th Social and Cultural Anthropology Days, University of Vienna, 10 April 2008.
- Governance and Public Management from an African Perspective, Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, 28-29 February 2008, Austria.
- Democracy in Transition, 3-7 December 2007, Roskilde University, Denmark.
- Euro Sustainability: 4th International Conference on Business and Sustainable Performance, 14-15 April 2005, Aalborg, Denmark.

Research Interests
Participatory governance, civil society, development, social movements, and environmental management

Contact
julius.lambi@univie.ac.at