Staff Profiles: Professors
Dr R. Muranda
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Collecting and recording children’s traditional songs.
Digital music production in the 21st century.
Exploring preservation of ethnic musical traditions through digital technology.
Instrumental performance of mbira and western musical instruments.
Live sound reinforcement techniques.
Music and internet resources for music instruction.
Performative music technologies.
Recording, mixing, and mastering music.
Transcription of traditional African music using notation software packages.
Virtual teaching and learning resources in the 21st century.
Dr Terence Tapiwa Muzorewa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Rural and urban development
Food security and agrarian reform
Cooperatives and collective development
Development Finance
History of development in Africa
Development Theory
Dr Pedzisai Kowe
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Urban development, planning and management
Spatial interaction modelling, gravity models, transport geography and network analysis
Geographic information science;
remote sensing of urban green spaces;
spatial statistics, landscape ecology and vegetation fragmentation mapping and analysing in urban landscapes;
Urban climate, urban heat island mitigation;
DR JONATHAN MREWA
Position: Researcher
Research Interests
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Monitoring and Evaluation
Development work
Social Work
Disability education
Disability Education
Project management
Child protection
Dr Augustine T Mataba
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Strategic Management
Business/Labour Law
Human Resources Management
Intellectual Property Law
Business model Innovation
Strategic Human Resources Management
Dr Donald Peter Chimanikire
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Geopolitics
Global Peace and Security;
Diplomacy,
International Political Economy,
Regional Economic integration and Development
International Law and Diplomacy.
Governance.
Dr. Maxwell Haurovi
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Public Administration
Local Governance and Public Service Delivery
Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation
Democracy and the Developmental State
Social Security and Social Protection
Devolution & Decentralisation
Intergovernmental Relations
Public Policy
Mrs Maureen Tshuma
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Gender and Development
Public Health Issues
Vulnerable Populations including AYLHIV
HIV/AIDS
Non Communicable Diseases: Cancers
Population Displacement
Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH)
Linkages between health, poverty, risk and vulnerability with a particular interest in health systems development
Mr Taurai George Rebanowako
Position: Lecturer
Research interests:
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Data Science and Business Intelligence
Knowledge Representation
Computer Security
Mobile Computing
Wireless Networks,
Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Modelling
Image Processing and Deep Learning
Mr Absolom Mutavati
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Music recording,
Mixing and Mastering,
Live sound reinforcement,
Microphone techniques,
Sound acoustics,
Studio designs.
Mr Jonah Marawako
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Elections
Conflict Transformation
Foreign Policy
Miss Tatenda Yvonne Mupasu
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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International Relations
Peace and Security
Geopolitics
Elections and Electoral Systems
Foreign Policy
African Politics
Political Theory
Democracy and Human Rights
Regional Intergration
International Politics
Mr Emmanuel Sakarombe
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Theories of International Relations
Peace and Security
Operations of International Organisations
War studies
International law
Foreign policy and Election Management
Ms Valerie Rumbidzai Jeche
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Gender and Politics
Politics and Governance in Africa
Conflict Resolution
Mrs Sharon R.T. Chilunjika
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Public Management
Public Health Management
E-government
Digital Health
Ms Tanya Nyasha T. Moyo
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Human Settlements and Governance
Rural and Urban Development Planning and Management
Decentralization and Sub-national Service Delivery
Ethics in Local Governance
Resource Mobilisation and Financing for Sub-national Development
Terence Tachiona
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Linguistics
Data Science