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Associate Fellow

Magdaline Nkando

Dr. Magdaline Nkando is the Founder and Lead of Kujua Collective, an African-led platform advancing knowledge systems transformation and Learning Justice. Her work focuses on how knowledge is produced, governed, and applied within institutions, and how this shapes development outcomes. She is developing Learning Justice as an emerging governance methodology, alongside the Learning Justice Framework […]

Praveen Naik Bellampali

Dr. Praveen Naik Bellampalli is an Assistant Professor at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore. He is a rural development scholar with expertise in Rural Studies, Tribal Studies, Migration, Livelihoods, and Rural Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Rural Development from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), focusing on migration, agrarian distress, and livelihood […]

Christiane Ndedi Essombe

Dr. Christiane Ndedi Essombe (she/her) holds a Master's of public health from the University of Montreal School of Public Health and a PhD degree in psychology from the University of Cape Town. She has researched structural inequities for over ten years in several countries that include Tanzania, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa and Canada. Her current […]

Esther Feza Borauzima

Borauzima Feza Esther is a Congolese researcher and lecturer, holding a Master’s degree in Political science from the Université Officielle de Bukavu and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Université Catholique de Louvain. She is currently pursuing a doctoral program at the University of Mons within the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, […]

Delessa Neger

Dr. Delessa Bulcha Neger is a senior university leader, economist, and partnerships strategist with extensive experience across African higher education. He has served as President of Dambi Dollo University, Vice President at Wollega University and Oromia State University, and Senior Advisor at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science & Higher Education. His work focuses on development economics, […]

Toni Achebe Bell

Toni Achebe Bell is the founder of Black Cat Impact Media and the creator and host of the What's Up with Docs Podcast. She was the Impact Producer for The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales by Abigail Disney, Fruits of Labor, and the award-winning A Woman on the Outside. She teaches media and impact […]

Oni Foluso Olaitan

ONI Foluso Olaitan holds a Bachelors Degree in History and International Studies from University of Ilorin and a Masters Degree in History from University of Ibadan, Oyo State. Her Research interest spans across Environmental History, Agricultural History, and Developmental Studies. She has successfully conducted research on the origin and development of Horticultural Production in Nigeria […]

Oluwatosin John Ibitoye

Oluwatosin John IBITOYE is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Ethnomusicology (Music and Digital Culture) at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He currently lectures at the Department of Performing Arts and Film Studies, Kwara State University, Nigeria, and a Visiting Faculty at IAUSS, China. His research focuses on ethnomusicology, digital culture/humanities, music and gender studies, performance […]

Fehintola Tunbosun Akinwale

Akinwale, Fehintola Tunbosun, Ph.D was born about 4 decades ago. She holds a Doctoral Degree in History, from the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan in 2022. M. A History from the department in 2014 and, a Bachelor Degree in History Education, from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2006. She teaches at the […]

Aminu Bakari Buba

Bakari, Is an emerging scholar in the field of History, with interest in economic, agrarian energy and environmental History. He obtained his first degree from the University of Maiduguri and a Master of Arts and PhD degrees from Bayero University Kano Nigeria. Bakari published papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented his works at National and […]