Current guest researchers

Guest Researcher, 3 April-27 June
Emily Achieng Akuno, Kenya Polytechnic University College, Nairobi, Kenya.
Research project: “Urban soundscapes: Negotiating social change through performing arts − a case of selected young musicians in Nairobi, Kenya.”

Guest Researcher, 3 April-28 June
Dipane Joseph Hlalele, University of the Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa.
Research project: "Creating sustainable rural learning ecologies."

Guest researcher, 4 March-30 May
Thierry Nlandu, University of Kinshasa, Department of English, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Project title: "Building a police ‘force for good’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Reform tactics that might engender changes."

PhD scholarship holder, 15 May – 14 June
Festus Boamah, University of Bergen, Geography Department, Norway. Project title: “Biofuels and land politics: Comparative study of the livelihoods implications of ´land transactions´ for jatropha biofuels investments in Ghana.” 

PhD scholarship holder, 15 May – 14 June
Lauri Hooli, University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology.   Project title: “Local resilience to global development trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case studies from Namibia and Tanzania.”