Nicole Stremlau

Nicole Stremlau is Research Professor in the Humanities at the University of Johannesburg and Head of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, at the University of Oxford. She has conducted extensive research in Eastern Africa. Nicole is the recipient of a European Research Council grant that examines the role of social media in conflict and migration, with a specific focus on the Somali territories. Her recent books include Media, Conflict and the State in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Speech and Society in Turbulent Times (Cambridge University Press, 2018).