Staff Profiles: Professors
Professor Chipo Hungwe
Position: Executive Dean
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Ageing; Disability; Gender; Migration; Urban agriculture; Survival strategies; Work
DR ANNAH MOYO
Position: Executive Dean - Faculty of Education
Research Interests
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Gender and Education
Gender and Stress Management
Gender Women Empowerment and Culture
Social Justice and Education
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Gender and Religion
Education and Development
Education and Policy
Education and Technology
Dr Willard Mugadza
Position: Chairperson Private Law
Research Interests
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Public procurement law,
Anti-corruption law,
International economic law,
International trade law, AfCFTA
Administrative law and public international law.
Decoloniality
Jurisprudence
African governance systems and democracy
Dr. Allan Tapiwa Maganga
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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African Studies
Ethnolinguistic Studies
Dr. Maxwell Haurovi
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Public Administration
Democracy and the Developmental State
Welfare State, Social Security and Social Protection
Ethics and professionalisation of Public Management
Public Policy
Dr. Ngceboyakwethu Primrose Zinyama
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Drug discovery and development
Cheminformatics
Medicinal Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Dr Naome Rajah
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Local Governance,
E-Government,
Public administration,
Environmental Management,
Local Government Administration,
Land Reform, Human Settlements and Governance,
Service Delivery,
Rural and Urban Development,
Project Management,
Human Rights and Governance,
Inclusive Service Delivery,
Strategic Planning.
Dr Pedzisai Kowe
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Urban development, planning and management
Spatial interaction modelling, gravity models, transport geography and network analysis
Geographic information science;
Earth Observation and remote sensing of urban green spaces;
Nature based solutions;
Spatial statistics, landscape ecology and vegetation fragmentation mapping and analysing in urban landscapes;
Thermal urban remote sensing
Land surface temperature trends in cities
Urban climate and urban heat islands mitigation;
Dr Samuel Simbarashe Furusa
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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eHealth
Computer Security
Big Data Analytics
Cloud Computing
Mr Thamsanqa Maphosa
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Translation
Language Policy and Planning
Ndebele Culture
Language and Education
Onomastics
Sinikiwe Mapangisana
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Gender
Speech Therapy
Language Planning and Policy
Mr. Julianos 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
MR KUMBIRAI NICHOLAS MATINGO
Position: Assistant Lecturer / Staff Development Fellow
Research Interests:
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Spatial Dimensions of Public Health and Health Geography
Climate Change Impacts on Health
Spatial Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
Applications of Geographic Information Science (GISc) for Sustainable Development
Earth Observation Technologies for Enhancing Livelihoods and Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (Space4SDGs)
Mr Obert Manyasa
Position: Software Developer (ML/NLP)
Research Interests:
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Low-Resource Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Machine Learning & Deep Learning Engineering
Applied AI for Language Technologies
Software Project Management for AI/ML
Justice Muberekwa
Position: Technician
Research Interests:
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Biometry & Experimental Economics
Bioeconomic Systems Modelling
Statistical Algorithms & Databases
Mr Zwidzai Chinyowa
Position: Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Technology
Computational Linguistics
Language Digitisation
Mr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Researcher - ChiBarwe
Research Interests:
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phonology
morphology
lexicography
terminography
translation and interpretation
sociolinguistics
language policy and planning
indigenous knowledge systems
Amon Mudenda
Position: Researcher - Tonga
Research Interests
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Onomastics
Tonga morphology
Tonga culture and gender
Education and culture