Alumni

Introduction

This page celebrates the alumni of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) PhD programme—scholars who have successfully completed their doctoral studies and contributed to MISR’s tradition of critical interdisciplinary research. Their work continues to shape academic and public discourse across the continent and beyond, reflecting the Institute’s enduring commitment to intellectual rigor, social relevance, and scholarly independence.

Postdoctoral Fellow, ENVIU Project, Denmark/Uganda
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Senior Manager at WWF, Kenya
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Research Fellow, MISR, Uganda
David's research interests include (political) violence, (forced) migration, and (social) justice, with particular focus on Africa’s Great Lakes…
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Senior Lecturer, Head of Humanities Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda
His area of concentration in teaching and research is at the intersection of religion, culture and politics. He has over fifteen years of work…
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Research Fellow, Centre for Basic Research, Uganda
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Associate Professor, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
His research interests include religion and politics, social movements, political violence, decolonization, and postcolonial studies. He critically…
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National Curriculum Specialist (Musical Arts), National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda
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Research Fellow, MISR, Uganda
He works on aspects of Islam, Secularism, Violence, and Coloniality/Decoloniality. His recent book Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Minority, Nationalism…
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Senior Lecturer, Lira University, Uganda
My current research focuses on indigenous epistemologies, environmental history, environmental justice, quotidian communities, and vernacular…
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