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

Jonathan Mwesigwa S.

Research Focus His interdisciplinary work focuses on questions of power, social justice, sovereignty, and knowledge production. More specifically, his research interests lie at the intersection of law, religion, politics, history, and society in Africa and beyond. Thematically, he engages with decolonisation, decoloniality, governance, church and state relations, political economy, and the cultural histories of Buganda and Uganda.

Kenneth Chukwuebuka Ugwu

Research Focus Kenneth's research as a historian focuses on religion, culture, and everyday life in southeast Nigeria.

Publication: “Iwuewu: Unmasking Simon Odo, the Enigmatic Monarch of Satan, Enugu-Ezike, Southeast Nigeria,” in Interplay: Selected Writing and Art, eds. Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi, Uche-Chinemere Nwaozuzu, Tochukwu Okpara and Ambrose Onu (Enugu: The PanAfrika Press, 2023), 113-129, co-authored with Ngozika A. Obi-Ani & Mathias Isiani. https://www.academia.edu/165758872/Iwuewu_Unmasking_Simon_Odo_the_Enigmatic_Monarch_of_Satan_Enugu_Ezike_Southeast_Nigeria