Publications - Dr. Luka Biong Deng

International Relations and Diplomacy, Vol.13, No.2 (2025).

Does Federal System Perform Better in Managing Diversity and Reducing Conflicts in Africa? The Case of South Sudan.

T20 Policy Brief (with R. Richards) (2024).

The role of emergency assistance in preventing famine. T20 Policy Brief (with R. Richards) (2024).

International Relations and Diplomacy, May–June 2022, Vol.10, No.3, pp. 93–107.

Revisiting Military Spending–Security Nexus in Africa. (with J. Amegboh).

I.B. Tauris, London & New York (book).

The Struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of Security and State Formation. (edited volume — Kuol & S. Logan, eds.).

Research Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2023).

How (Not) to Hold Peaceful Elections in South Sudan.

Weekly Review, The Sudd Institute (2024).

South Sudan: The Looming Legitimacy Crisis.

African Affairs, 109 (435), pp. 231–250 (2010). — peer-reviewed article.

Social Capital and Civil War: The Dinka Communities in Sudan’s Civil War.

Journal of Eastern African Studies, 4(3), pp. 381–399 (2010).

Livelihood Diversification and Civil War: The Case of Dinka Communities in the Sudan’s Civil War.

Journal of Civil Wars, 7(3), pp. 258–269.

The Challenge of Cultural, Ethnic and Religious Diversity in the Peacebuilding and Constitution-Making in Post-conflict Sudan.

Journal of Eastern African Studies, Vol.8(4), pp. 573–589.

Political Violence and the Emergence of the Dispute over Abyei, Sudan, 1950–1983.

Pastoralism, 10 (24), pp. 1–14.

Newly Evolving Pastoral and Post-Pastoral Rangelands of Eastern Africa.

(Government of Sudan / methodological report — CV lists design role).

Design and Conduct of the 2008 Sudan Population Census.

(Policy brief; T20 / WFP-linked work).

The Role of Emergency Assistance in Preventing Famine.

(Study — Sudd Institute & UNFPA).

Positive Masculinities and Male Engagement in Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls in South Sudan.

(SARI/World Bank & Sudd Institute report).

Identification, Assessment and Supervision of the Construction of No-Regret Water Management and Livelihoods Interventions in Flood-Affected and Refugee-Hosting Areas.

International Relations and Diplomacy, Vol.13, No.2 (2025).

South Sudan: The Perils of Security Governance and the Treacherous Path to Democratic Transition.

International Relations and Diplomacy, Mar–Apr 2023, Vol.11, No.2, pp. 67–86.

The Struggle for Atlantic Maritime Security and Safety: Lessons From Africa’s Maritime Security Governance.

International Relations and Diplomacy, Jan 2021, Vol.9, No.01, pp. 1–17.

Rethinking National Security Strategies in Africa. (with J. Amegboh).

Africa World Books Pty Ltd.

Why Does Famine Persist in Africa? (book / monograph).

Research Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2024).

How to Hold Peaceful Elections in South Sudan.

International Observatory, International Peace Institute (2024)

What Could End the Long Postponement of South Sudan’s First Elections?

IDS Bulletin, Vol.47 (2a).

States, Markets and Society: The Roaring Last Fifty Years.

Journal of Civil Wars, 7(3), pp. 244–257.

The Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA): Will it be sustained?

Disasters, 32(3), pp. 377–398.

Are Non-poor Always Less Vulnerable? The Case of Households Exposed to Protracted Civil War in Southern Sudan.

Journal of Eastern African Studies, 4(2), pp. 298–313.

Justice in the Sudan: Will the Award of the International Abyei Arbitration Tribunal Be Honoured?

Africa Today, 2nd Quarter (year per CV).

The Challenge for Rainfed Agriculture in Western and Southern Sudan: Lessons from Abyei.

IDS Discussion Paper 361 (1999).

Famine in the Sudan: Causes, Preparedness and Response: A Political, Social and Economic Analysis of the 1998 Bahr el Ghazal Famine.

(Lead Expert report / policy brief for UN High-Level Task Force on Famine Prevention; WFP).

Addressing Drivers of Famine: The Case of Somalia.

(Sudd Institute & UN Women).

Development of a Climate-Informed, Trauma-Informed, Gender/Age-Sensitive Peacebuilding Training Manual.

See PRIO/ACSS/IGC pages for individual items.

Selected shorter policy pieces, editorials and public commentaries (examples include contributions and briefs published by ACSS, The Sudd Institute, IGC, The Conversation, and other outlets on topics such as elections, state legitimacy, borders and security).

Journal of Disasters Special Issue (2024).

Famine and food security: new trends and systems or politics as usual? An introduction (editorial with S. Jaspers).

International Relations and Diplomacy, Jan–Feb 2023, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 42–66.

Framing Education–Civicness–Social Contract Nexus in Africa? The Case of South Sudan. (with Christopher Oringa).

Africa World Books / IDS-related publications. (2002 / reprints cited in CV).

Confronting Civil War in Africa: Vulnerability and Resilience in South Sudan and Sudan. (Monograph / book).

Africa World Press / The Red Sea Press (book).

Abyei: Between Two Sudans. (edited volume).

Weekly Review, The Sudd Institute (2023).

Operationalizing the 2023 National Elections Act: Opportunities and Challenges.

IDS Bulletin, 33(4).

The Sudan Famine of 1998: Unfolding of the Global Dimension.

Envisioning a Stable South Sudan (chapter/paper).

Three Trajectories Facing South Sudan. (ACSS / National Defense University short monograph / policy piece — conference/series)

Civil Wars, Vol.16(4), pp. 468–487 (2014).

Confronting Civil War: The Level of Resilience in Abyei Area During Sudan’s Civil War in the 1990s.

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Vol.14(1), pp. 64–83 (2019).

South Sudan: The Elusive Quest for a Resilient Social Contract.

Disasters, Vol.43 (S1), pp. S28–S35.

The Future of Disasters Studies: New Disasters and the Case of the Horn of Africa.

(Senior economist / research report, World Food Programme).

At the Root of Exodus: Food Security, Conflict and International Migration.

(UNEG/FAO collaborative evaluation — participation / contributor).

Mapping and Synthesis of Evaluations of the Humanitarian–Development Nexus: What Do Evaluations Have to Say?

(Study report — Sudd Institute & World Bank).

Childcare Assessment and Center-Based Curriculum Development in South Sudan.

Chronological Security Governance Developments in South Sudan. (Report — South Sudan Law Society).

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