Paula Cristina Roque, PhD

Paula Cristina Roque, PhD is a Senior External Relations Advisor at CSPS. Dr. Roque is an author, researcher, and security sector analyst with extensive expertise in human rights, security, and surveillance in Africa.

She is currently the Executive Director of Intelwatch, an organization based in South Africa dedicated to research, policy work and advocacy to strengthen public oversight of state and private intelligence agencies in Southern Africa and around the world. She has served as an advisor for the Crisis Management Initiative as well as a Senior Analyst for Southern Africa with the International Crisis Group.

Previously, she worked with the Institute for Security Studies, the South African Institute for International Affairs, and as a journalist in West Africa and the UK. Paula holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Social Anthropology from the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa.