Doctoral Students

Introduction

Welcome to the directory of active PhD Fellows at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR). This page highlights the scholars currently engaged in MISR’s interdisciplinary doctoral programme, showcasing their diverse research interests and contributions to critical social inquiry. These fellows embody MISR’s ongoing commitment to rigorous, innovative, and contextually grounded research on society.

Meet the PhD fellows

Samuel Nyende

Samuel Nyende

Sulaiman Kakaire

Sulaiman Kakaire

Theresia August

Theresia August

Tony Apecu

Tony Apecu

Tsebaot Melaku Kelemework

Tsebaot Melaku Kelemework

Secularism, Oriental orthodoxy, Spirituality
Uchechukwu Japheth David

Uchechukwu Japheth David

My work focuses on electoral violence, ethnic politics, governance, and development studies, with a regional focus on the Global South.
Wambua Muindi

Wambua Muindi

My research interests are in African literary and popular studies.

Publications
1. Muindi, Wambua. “‘Why Were We Robbing Ourselves of a Future?’: Intersectional Climate Justice in Wangari Maathai’s Unbowed.” Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa, edited by Katie McQuaid et al., 1st, First Edition ed., Bristol University Press, 2026, pp. 18–30.

2. Muindi, Wambua. “Poetic Expressions of Night Work in Ja-Mnazi Afrika’s ‘Riziki.’” International Labor and Working-Class History 107 (2025): 115–120.
Yordanos Ghirmay

Yordanos Ghirmay