1. State of Emergency: Citizenship in Crisis in Sierra Leone
Dr Luisa Enria
Social & Policy Science

2. Overview
Setting the Stage: Development and Security and the case of Sierra Leone
Research Design
Key Findings
Why does it matter?

3. Setting the Stage
The securitisation of development: intervention in the name of security
The West African Ebola outbreak of : A threat to international peace?
Sierra Leone: securitisation and a crisis of youth
What are the implications?

4. Research Design Research Questions:
How do times of crisis influence definitions of citizenship?
How do times of crisis influence how young people see their position vis-à-vis the state?

5. Magazine Wharf, Freetown (Photo Credit: kateholt.com)
Research Design
Methodology:
Document Reviews
Key stakeholder interviews
Participant observation in affected communities
Research sites for participant observation
Magazine Wharf slum in Freetown
Bamoi Luma market
Mapotolon village
Sella Kafta village
Magazine Wharf, Freetown (Photo Credit: kateholt.com)

6. The Road to Mapotolon, Kambia District
Key Findings
The Making of Citizens: Dangerous Bodies & Ebola Heroes
Crisis Subjectivities: how people engage actively and creatively with identities
Fighting for visibility at the margins of the state
Coercion vs. community engagement
The Road to Mapotolon, Kambia District

7. Why does it matter?
Securitisation is expedient at policy level but counterproductive in terms of social contract
Crises make citizens: a different way of looking at the long- term impact of crisis with cross-context relevance
Taking seriously the experiences of citizens on the margins and how the engage with/ resist global policy trends