Staff Profile

Research Interests:

• Climate Change Governance
• Climate Change Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation 
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Disaster Risk Reduction 
• Sustainable Development 

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. Sociology (UKZN)
• MA Sociology (UL)
• BA Honours Psychology (UL)
• BA Honours Sociology (UL)
• BA Sociology, Political Science (UL)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education (MSU – Pending)

Publications:

• Selected Refereed Journal Articles 

1. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2023). Climate Change Adaptation Strategies among Livestock Hearders in the Mutoko District of Rural Zimbabwe. International Journal of Development and Sustainability. Vol. 12 No. 7, pp. 256-266. 

2. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2023). Climate Justice and Adaptive Capacitiesin Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Development and Sustainability. Vol. 12 No. 6, pp. 227-237. 

3. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2023). Climate Governance Beyond the Government: INdigenous Knowledge Systems in Rural Zimbabwe’s Climate Change Adaptation. International Journal of development and Sustainability. Vol. 12 No. 6, pp. 238-249. 

4. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Chitongo, L. (2023). The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Risks Among Cotton Farmers in the Mutoko District of Zimbabwe. Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues. Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 25-35. 

5. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Rukema, J. R. (2019). Rethinking Indigenous Climate Governance through Climate Change and Variability Discource by a Zimbabwean Rural Community. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.  Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 730-743. 

6. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2021). Intergrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Entrepreneurship: A Case of Hortculture Farmers in Mutoko District of Zimbabwe. Indonasian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues. Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 221-226.

7. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2021). Multilevel Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Zimbabwe: A Well Articulated Framework Devoid of Effective Implementation. African Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 165-181. 

8. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Makhubele, J. C. (2021). Indigenous Knowldge Systems based Climate Governance in Water and Land Resource Management in Rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Water and Climate Change. Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 2045-2054. 

9. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2021). Evoking the Epistemology of Climate Governance through Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development in Rural Zimbabwe. Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. Vol. 13. No. 1, pp. 1-10. 

10. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Rukema, J. R. (2020). Climate Change and Variability Discource Among Community Members and Smallholder Farmers in Mutoko District, Zimbabwe. Mankind Quarterly. Vol. 61 No. 2, 225-250.  

11. Chikosi, E. N., Mugambiwa, S. S., Tirivangasi, H. M. & Rankoana, S. A. (2018). Climate Change and Variability Perceptions in Ga-Dakgale Community in Limpopo Province, South Africa. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. Vol. 10 No. 4, pp. 620-634.  

12. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Dzomonda, O. (2018). Climate Change and Vulnerability Discource by Students at a South African University. Jamba- Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 1-6. 

13. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2018). Adaptation Measures to Sustain Indigenous Practices and the use of Indigenous Knowledge Sysrtems to adapt to Climate Change in Mutoko Rural District of Zimbabwe. Jamba- Journal of Disaster Risk Studies.  Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 1-9. 

14. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2021). Elucidating Afrocentricity as a Contemporary Theoretical Stance through ‘Epistemic Disobedience’. Technium Social Science. Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 650-658. 

15. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2021). An Invitation to Sociology of Climate Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Concealling the Intersections of Environmental Justice, Inequality, and the Nation State. Technium Social Science. Vol. 24. No. 2, pp. 259-666. 

16. Mutyenyoka, E. M., Tirivangasi, H. M. & Mugambiwa, S. S. (2017). Dichotomies of Chronic and Episodic Rural-Urban Poverty A South African Context. Africa Insight. Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 1-12.

17. Mugambiwa, S. S. & Tirivangasi, H. M. (2017). Climate Change: A Threat Towards Achieving SDG Two (End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture) In South Africa. Jamba- Journal of Disaster Risk Studies.  Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 1-6. 

• Book Chapters

1. Mugambiwa, S. S. (2023). Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Book: Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment (pp. 91-103), Edition 1, Chapter 3, Elsevier.