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About MISR

The Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) has had a proud existence since its establishment in 1948. The secret of this pride has been its ability to change with the times, at times to muster t...

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GRADUATE EDUCATION

Four broad themes define the programme’s intellectual focus: Political Studies, Political Economy, Historical Studies, and Cultural Studies. Students specialise in one field, but take classes across all four.

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The MISR Review

Research

Graduate Education

Featured work

Gender, Ethnicity, and Violence in Kenya’s Transitions to Democra…

MISR Working Paper No. 29: MISR Views on the National Discussion o…

MISR Working Paper No. 21: Re-Thinking the Northern Identity: Local Gove…

News

New Publication by Dr Lyn Ossome, MISR

09 Apr 2018

Call for Applications for PhD by Research programme in Humanities and Social Sciences

05 Feb 2018

Successful Doctoral Defense by Frank Emmanuel Muhereza

25 Jan 2018

Events

23

May

Seminar by Dr Laury Ocen

06

Jun

Seminar by Dr Benedetta Lanfranchi

27

Jun

Seminar by Dr Grace-Edward Galabuzi

Latest Publications

MISR Working Paper No 30: Yemeni Diaspora, Law and Colonial Social Order in 1930 Djibouti.

By Samson A. Bezabeh

MISR Working Paper No. 29: MISR Views on the National Discussion on Makerere University

By A.B.K Kasozi & Mahmood Mamdani

The National Council for Higher Education and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 2002-2012

By A.B.K.Kasozi