Biography

I am a PhD student in my final year writing my dissertation on Military and Post-Conflict Governance in Uganda and Rwanda. I completed my undergraduate studies at Makerere University, Uganda and my Master’s degree in International Relations at Makerere University, with an Advanced Master’s Degree in Governance and Development at the University of Antwerp. My other fields of study include comparative politics and comparative political economy, particularly in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Research Interests

• Comparative politics
• Comparative political economy
• Interests international relations
• Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Post-conflict state reconstruction
• Civil-military relations in East Africa’s ‘fragile’ states
• Ethnicity and ethnic violence
• Democratic institutions and electoral participation
• State capacity and regime consolidation
• Post-colonial theory and the politics of conflict interventionEducation:

Education

• PhD Candidate, ABD (expected winter 2019)
  Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
  Dissertation: “An Army with a State or a State with an Army? The Military and Post-Conflict Governance in Uganda and Rwanda”
• Advanced Master’s Degree in Governance and Development (2012)
  University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
  Major Field: Development Studies
• M.A., International Relations (2011)
  Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
  Major Field: International Development
• B.A., Journalism & Mass Communication (2009)
  Makerere University, Uganda
  Graduated with upper class second honors

Selected Publications

• (Forthcoming winter 2019) “Military Corruption as a Pillar of Museveni’s Regime in Uganda”, Journal of East African Studies. London, Oxford University Press.
• (2018) “Challenges and Problems of Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of Uganda”, in: William Reno, Christopher Day and Moses Khisa (eds) Re-thinking Civil-Military Relations in Africa (In preparation).
• (2018) “Elections Without Democracy: A political Chronicle of Uganda’s 2016 Presidential Election” in: Filip Rentijens (eds) “L’Afrique des grands lacs Annuaire 2018, University of Antwerp Press 130-162 (with Ivan Ahaba).
• (2018) “Developing (and Diffusing) African Norms:  The Pan-African Solidarity Norm” in: Katharina P. Coleman and Tieku K. Thomas, (eds.) African Impacts on Contemporary International Peace and Security Norms: Five Pathways of Influence, Boulder, CO. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
• (2016) “Uganda’s 2016 Elections: Not Even Faking It Anymore,” African Affairs; 115 (461): 751-765. London, Oxford University Press (with Rita Abrahamsen) Note: African Affairs is the No.1 ranked Journal in African Studies.
• (2013) “Personalization of Power Under the Museveni Regime in Uganda” in: Reyntjens Filip., Vandeginste Step., Verpoorten Marijke, (eds.) (2012) L’Afrique des grands lacs Annuaire 2013, Paris, L’Harmattan: 120-164 (with Kristof Titeca).
• (2012) “Simplified Campaign Narratives on Civil War: Case of Kony 2012” in: Reyntjens Filip, Verpoorten Marijke. (eds.) (2012) L’Afrique des grands lacs Annuaire 2012, Paris, L’Harmattan: 131-156 (with Kristof Titeca and Marijke Verpoorten).

Courses

• Course Instructor:  Fragile and Conflict Affected States (TRN 421Y), Trinity College, University of Toronto, St. George.
• Course Instructor:  Civil War and Ethnic Violence (POL410), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, St. George.
• Teaching Assistant: Dictatorship, Democracy, War, and Peace (POL101), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, St. George.
• Teaching Assistant: Protest, Politics, and Power Reshaping Global Environmental Governance (POL300F), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, St. George.
• Teaching Assistant: International Security: Crisis, Conflict, and War (POLC09) Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough.
• Teaching Assistant: Critical Issues in Politics: Politics in a Changing Climate (POLA01), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough.
• Teaching Assistant: Introduction to International Relations (POLB80), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough.