Early Career Researchers

Ikem Godspower Ujene is a PhD student of sociology at the University of Ibadan. He currently explores the impact of Boko Haram members’ rehabilitation and reintegration on victim communities. Godspower was the sole recipient of the conference grant for the 2022 7th IAFOR International Conference on Arts and Humanities (IICAH) held in Hawaii, Honolulu, USA. He was also hosted in Tunis in September at the 2022 17th ISA International Laboratory for PhD Students sponsored by the ISA and the Arab Center for Policy Research.

Mrs.  Bolaji Olaronke Akanni holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria (2001) and the University of Ibadan, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria (2016) respectively. She is now a PhD student of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She has attended and presented papers at conferences. She also works as a registry staff at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Akanni is a research fellow under the UKRI-SCaRPE-A ECR Fellowship. 
Twitter: @Akanni6Bolaji
 

Simnikiwe Magqamfana is a South African. He is a Social Worker and Psychologist by profession. He is a doctoral student at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research interests include fatherhood and Black men; and he is using Black Consciousness and Decoloniality as handles to conceptualize the experiences of Black fathers. Simnikiwe is an Early Career Researcher under the UKRI-SCaRPE-A project.

Ndosimana Dan is Rwandan by birth. He is a PhD student at University of Rwanda. He is a church leader of a local Church in Rwanda. Dan holds a master’s degree of Arts in development studies from Bugema University, Uganda and a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in Social Sciences. He received professional on teaching in higher learning institutions and has taught at secondary School level.  He has also participated in several trainings on empowering poor families and promoting youth talents. In addition to English, Dan is also proficient in French.

André Lewaks is a South African that is working at Saldanha Bay Municipality as a Senior Official: Public Participation and Ward Committees. He has over 19 years proven experience in social work, project management and coordination, community development experience, advocacy, policy design and policy education experience.

Animashaun, Elizabeth Modupe is a Ph.D candidate with the Institute of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, University of Ibadan Nigeria. She is working on completing her thesis titled ‘Commercial Sex Worker and Gender Based Violence in Selected Communities along Nigeria-Benin Republic Border Corridor’. Animashaun’s research interest includes gender-based violence, females’ vulnerability in volatile communities, sexuality and the border space, intersections of human trafficking for sexual and domestic reasons, and sexual migrations.

Proscovia Nalwadda (MSc. Counseling Psychology) is also a PhD student in East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development (EASHESD, CEES), Makerere University and an Executive Director Child Care And Youth Empowerment Foundation (CCAYEF). She is currently engaged and passionate about becoming a pragmatist researcher in the field of Education and Social sciences and has already published papers on gender-based operational Research.

Dr. Moses Mutua Mutiso is a resourceful, committed and results orientated Lecturer, Research and Development and Academic Professional with over 10 Years extensive higher education experience and a consistent record of success within academia and research.  Dr Moses is a Holder of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology Degree at Moi University Kenya. He is a lecturer at the department of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology at Moi University.

Juliana Kantengwa is a PhD student, University of Rwanda She holds M. Soc. Sc. Gender & Development from the University of Rwanda., Msc. Veterinary Pathology & Microbiology from the University of Nairobi. Kenya and BVet. Med from Makerere University, Kampala. Uganda. Her research interests include issues affecting women and children, particularly, women empowerment in fast changing socio-cultural settings, evolving family relations, domestic division of labour and unpaid care work.

Dr. Mugambwa Joshua holds a PhD in Public Policy from Makerere University. He has a Masters in Governance and Development, a Masters in Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management. He also has a Bachelor of Industrial and Fine Art from Makerere University. Additionally, he attended short term trainings in Cross-Cultural and Child-focused research techniques and methodologies. Mugambwa Joshua is a senior Lecturer at Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda, in the Department of Leadership and Governance.