Staff Profiles: Professors
Mr Moses Changa
Position: Acting Chairperson
Research interests
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Gender Studies
Gender, Peace and Security
Sociology of Rural Development
Public Transport
Death and Migration
Dr Nogget Matope
Position: Acting Executive Director Senior Research Fellow
Nogget Matope is interested in participatory visual methodologies for generating evidence-based knowledge that supports social change. She employs methods such as memory work, participatory video, collage, drawings and photovoice , enabling communities to share experiences and perspectives in powerful ways.
Her supervisory interests include MPhil and DPhil candidates working in the areas of gender-based violence, social inclusion, gender and the environment. Nogget's research philosophy emphasises qualitative approaches. Areas of research interest include:
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Gender issues
Leadership and gender empowerment
Gender- based violence
Social inclusion
Policy and advocacy
Dr R. Muranda
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Digital music production in the 21st century
Instrumental performance of mbira and western musical instruments.
Live sound reinforcement techniques.
Recording, mixing, and mastering music.
Virtual teaching and learning resources in the 21st century.
AI and music teaching-learning
Dr. Leon Poshai
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Public Policy Analysis
Digital Governance
Public Administration
Dr Enock Ndawana
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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African security
Human security
Civil-military relations
Peacebuilding
Gender and conflict
Dr Upenyu Naume Mupfiga
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Spatial Data Science
Geo-information and Earth Observation
Environmental Modelling
Land cover and Land Use Change
Dr. Maswoswere Pure
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Environmental health and safety
Climate change
Disaster management
Built environment (urban geography)
Waste Management
Agroecology and Agribussiness.
Mr Brian Tinashe Katsidzira
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Human Rights and Social Justice
Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution
Migration Politics and Human trafficking
Governance, Youth Participation and Social Change
Regional Security and Policy Development
Philosophical Foundations of Peace and Justice
Mr Kumbirai Cletos Ngwaru
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Youth, Conflict & Peacebuilding,
Religion,
Civil Society and Governance,
Migration & Human Security, Post Conflict Reconstruction & Development.
Darlington Mutanda (PhD)
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Climate Change and Human Security
Digital Peacebuilding, Strategic Studies
Youth for Peace
Gender and Peace
Media and Conflict
Security Sector Reform
Mr Risk Matiya
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests :
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Art therapy
Neuropsychology
Sports psychology
Mr Gideon Kudzai Mupedziswa
Position: Lecturer
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Substance abuse and rehabilitation
Psychological aspects of sports
Religiosity and mental health
Lifetime adjustments
Raymond Nyuke
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being
Cyberpsychology and Digital Behaviour
Addictive and Risk Behaviours
Ms Sizanobuhle L. Nyoni-Phili
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Microbiology and Parasitology,
Animal Health
genomics
Mr Wellington Fredrick Charumbira
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Distribution Theory and Time series
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
Elections Management
Mr. J. Masimba
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Human Settlements and Governance
Local Economic Development
Rural and Urban Development
Social Media and Citizen Participation
Pr. Eng. Laurence Maregedze
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Machine design
Computational engineering
Digital Twin
Energy engineering
Industrial process automation and optimization
Artificial intelligence
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Finite element method
Andragogy
Mr. Oscar Mujana
Position: Research Officer
Research Interests:
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International Political Economy (Multilateral Institutions; Economic Sanctions; Illicit Financial Flows; Debt)
Emerging Powers-BRICS Economies
Local governance
Digitalisation for public service delivery
Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (National and Local voluntary Reviews)
