Judith Verweijen

Judith Verweijen, Utrecht University

Judith Verweijen is an Assistant Professor in Political Geography at Utrecht University. She specializes in the relationship between armed violence, resource conflict and climate change in areas of protracted violence. She focuses on eastern DR Congo, where she has conducted intermittent fieldwork since 2010. In 2024, Verweijen received a NWO Vidi grant for her research Centring Armed Organizations in the Climate-Conflict Nexus (CLIMCON).