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

Adam Kyomuhendo

Adam Kyomuhendo

Adrian Kayemba

Adrian Kayemba

Annet Nannungi

Annet Nannungi

Astelia Mihayo

Astelia Mihayo

Brian Junior Musenze

Brian Junior Musenze

Bridget Ankunda

Bridget Ankunda

Charles Nyakahuma

Charles Nyakahuma

Broadly as a political economy and political studies scholar, I have interest in the state and traditional mediation of land access, use and redistribution in Uganda. I am particularly fascinated by the state return of kingdom assets (Ebyaitu/Ebyaffe) together with the land relations and class struggles the phenomenon reproduces and naturalizes.
Claire Zerida Balungi

Claire Zerida Balungi

Daurat Namugabo

Daurat Namugabo

My research critically explores the production of the 'refugee' as a political identity, analyzing how the rigidity of the modern state, rooted in colonial history and the transformation of pre-colonial frontiers that shapes the politics of belonging, sovereignty, and humanitarian discourse.
Dickson Mdugala

Dickson Mdugala