Staff Profiles: Centre for Public Policy and Devolution

Dr. Vincent Chakunda

Position: Coordinator

Research Interests:
    Public policy and governance Elections and democracy Devolution Citizen participation and governance Inclusive local governance Public finance management Public debt  Strategic management Gender and development  Intergovernmental relations. Traditional leadership and local governance Land governance and management

Dr. Melody Chindoga

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests:
    International Relations Peace and Governance  Comparative Politics Democracy Gender and Politics Politics of Populism Climate Change

Dr. Sipikelelo Mugari

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests:
    Community Health Sexual Reproductive Health Women, girls, children, youth, HIV & AIDS, Drug and Substance Abuse Gender and sexuality Community mobilisation Collaborative learning

Ms Everjoy V Dzungu

Position: Administrative Assistant

Mr. Oscar Mujana

Position: Research Officer

Research Interests:
    International Political Economy International Relations  Regional integration Digitalisation Sustainable Development Global Governance

Mr. Eric Manyonda

Position: Research Officer

Research Interests:
    Trade Mobility Governance
  On-going research: Degenerative governance and informal economic activities in Zimbabwe

Mr. Cosmas Shoko

Position: Research Officer

Research Interests:
    Local governance Decentralisation and devolution Climate change and disaster risk management Public policy Strategic management Housing and human settlements Urban environmental management

Mrs Virginia Makanza

Position: Researcher

Research Interests:
    Service delivery, citizen and community participation, sustainable livelihoods, capacity development, decentralisation, local economic development, local government finance