Doctoral Students

Introduction

Welcome to the directory of active PhD Fellows at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR). This page highlights the scholars currently engaged in MISR’s interdisciplinary doctoral programme, showcasing their diverse research interests and contributions to critical social inquiry. These fellows embody MISR’s ongoing commitment to rigorous, innovative, and contextually grounded research on society.

Meet the PhD fellows


My research interests broadly cover Political and Decolonial Thought, Political Ecology, Identity Politics, Political Violence, and the Land/Agrarian Question.


My research interests encompass land and agrarian studies, decolonisation and (post)colonialism, and higher education.

I am interested in the Intersection of Gender and theatre.




Secularism, Oriental orthodoxy, Spirituality

My work focuses on electoral violence, ethnic politics, governance, and development studies, with a regional focus on the Global South.