Staff Profiles: Professors

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

Dr Tamisai Chipunza

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:

    Health Economics Development Economics

Dr Eve K. Chandaengerwa (Nee Musvosvi)

Position: Lecturer Gender Studies, Socio-Cultural Anthropology, School of Social Work, Harare Campus

Research Interests

    Childhood and Child Rights Youth and Development Women, Gender and Sexuality Socio-Cultural Anthropology Anthropology of Health and Illness Evidence Based research and Policy

Dr Pedzisai Kowe

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    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. Maxwell Haurovi

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Public Administration Democracy and the Developmental State Local Governance and Public Service Delivery Welfare State, Social Security and Social Protection Devolution & Decentralisation Intergovernmental Relations Public Policy

Dr Regis Musavengane

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Political economy Political ecology Community development Tourism geographies Responsible tourism Environmental policy

Dr Takaidza Sibanda

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests        

    Strategic project management  E-Commerce  Strategic marketing Business Leadership Design thinking and innovation International business

Mr Munyaradzi Chagwesha

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest

    Leadership Strategic Management Entrepreneurship 

Ms Sizanobuhle L. Nyoni-Phili

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Microbiology and Parasitology, Animal Health genomics

Mr Emmanuel Sakarombe

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Theories of International Relations Peace and Security Operations of International Organisations War studies International law Foreign policy Elections Management

Ms Loice Ngomacheza

Position: Language Research Assistant

Research Interests:

    Chewa morphology Language planning and policy  Translation and Interpretation Challenges of language in teaching and learning

Miss Lister Matsilele

Position: Language Researcher

Research Interests:

    Translation  Interpretation  Typesetting  Research work Article writing 

Mr Praise Percy Tinashe Gandah

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Climate change Climate migration Natural resource based conflict Domestic communal land-grabbing Water and livelihoods Social inequalities Social marginalization Crime and deviance

Mr. Oshneck Mupepi

Position: Lecturer

Research interests

    Geographic Information System  Remote sensing of the environment  Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Cloud Computing earth observation techniques  Environmental management  Climate Change and Climate Resilience.

   

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

Ms N Maruzani/ Mrs N Matyavira

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests:

    Gender Education Gender and Disability Counselling