Graduates from the Ph.D. Program

Dr Mohammed H. Al Rizeiqi

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Development of a Process Strategy for Seafood Industries

Dr Nyamulinda Birasa

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Prof Herman Mushara (National University of Rwanda)

Thesis Title: Essays on agricultural growth in Rwanda: The role of state policies

Dr Jack Bwalya

Supervisors: Dr Andy Storey (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: How to assess Chinese FDI influence on political governance in Zambia: addressing why political parties change their behaviour towards Chinese FDI

Dr Bekele B. Bukana

Supervisor(s): Dr Conor Galvin (UCD School of Education), Worku Tessema Engeda (University of Hawassa, Ethiopia)

Thesis Title: Higher Education Participation in Ethiopia: Regional Disparities and the Challenges of Leadership

Dr Louise Fitzgerald

Supervisor: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh and Dr Aidan Regan (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Under what conditions climate policy is effective: The case of Germany.

Dr Christina Raphael Isingo

Supervisor(s): Dr Deirdre O’Connor (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science), Dr Hillary Dachi (Dar es Salaam University College of Education)

Thesis Title: Designing and Developing a Student Support Services Management Model for Blended Learning Programmes in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania. The Case of the University Of Dar Es Salaam and the Open University of Tanzania

Dr Yao Han

Supervisors:  Dr Jos Elkink (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations),

Thesis Title: “Beyond Dependence: Trade and Conflict”. Her doctoral research  examines the relationship between trade and militarized disputes embedded in the global network context.

Dr Valesca Lima Holanda

Supervisors: Dr Melanie Hoewer (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations),

Thesis Title: Local housing councils and participative democracy: an analysis of local power in Brazil

Dr Ayano B. Hula

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Prof Nigatu Regassa Geda (Hawassa University, Ethiopia)

Thesis Title: The levels and determinants of household poverty, survival strategies and responses: A Case Study of Sidama zone, Ethiopia

 Dr Lucas Katera

Supervisor(s): Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Drivers of Fram Household Incomes in Rural Tanzania

Dr Joseph Rwegalura Kakeneno

Supervisor(s): Prof Cathal Brugha (UCD School of Business), Prof Allen R. Mushi (University of Dar es Salaam)

Thesis Title: Participatory Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Rural Communities in Tanzania

 

Dr Gibson Mandozana

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Prof Simbarashe Rusakaniko (University of Zimbabwe)

Thesis Title: HIV/AIDS and Socioeconomic Status in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr Ally T. Masabo

Supervisors: Dr Samuel Brazys (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Dr Lupa Ramadhani (University of Dar es Salaam)

Thesis Title: A Study on Challenges and Politics of Natural Gas Governance in Tanzania

Dr Emma Mathias

Supervisors: Dr Andy Storey (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: An investigation of the impacts of food insecurity on the mental health of populations in rural Lesotho

Dr Kenneth Mdadila

Supervisor(s): Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Dr Longinus Rutasitara (University of Dar es Salaam)

Thesis Title: Human Development Inequalities in Tanzania

Dr Luka Mkonongwa

Supervisor(s): Prof Padraig Wims (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science), Dr Hillary Dachi (Dar es Salaam University College of Education)

Thesis Title: Development and Implementation of Blended Learning Model in the Enhancement of Distance Higher Education in Tanzania. A Case
of Dar es Salaam University College of Education

Dr Gatambwa Dennis Mukandala

Dr John O’Connor (UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science)

Thesis Title: TNF-α, hypoxia and thalidomide derivates on synaptic signalling in denate gyrus of rat hippocampal slices

Dr Purity Mwendwa

Supervisors: Dr Samuel Brazys (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Implementation of MHealth for Community Health Workers: Lessons from Two Rural Districts in Rwanda

Dr Rodrick Ndomba

Supervisors: Prof Jamal Ouhalla (UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics)

Thesis Title: A Cartography of the Functional Structure in Swahili Determiner Phrase

Dr Arya Pillai

Supervisors: Dr Deirdre O’Connor  (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Sciences)

Thesis Title: Essays on Financial and Rural Development in India

 Dr Lupa Ramadhani

Supervisor(s): Prof John Coakley (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Dr Bruce Heilman (University of Dar es Salaam)

Thesis Title: Civil Society and the Pursuit of Peace: The Dynamics of Conflict Transformation in Zanzibar

Dr Herieth Rwezaura

Supervisor(s): Dr Sean McGarraghy (UCD School of Business), Prof Jean M. Tchuenche (University of Dar es Salaam)

Thesis Title: Modelling Social Contact Networks as an Aid to Decisionmaking in Control of Airborne Infectious Diseases in Tanzania

Dr Mathew Agripinus Senga

Supervisor(s): Dr Diane Payne (UCD School of Sociology), Prof Sam Maghimbi (Dar es Salaam University College of Education)

Thesis Title: Social Networks and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management and Protection of Livelihoods: Reflections from Rural Communities in East Usambara Mountains Tanzania

Dr Joel Silas

Supervisor(s): Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Prof Michael Ndanshau (University of Dar es Salaam)

Theis Title: Sexual Behaviour, HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Stigma and Economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

Dr Jupiter S. Simbeye

Supervisor(s): Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), Dr Winford Masanjala (University of Malawi)

Thesis Title: Three Essays on Microeconometrics of Selected Health Outcomes in Malawi

Dr Willard Tinago

Supervisor(s): Dr Patrick Mallon (School Of Medicine), Prof Simbarashe Rusakaniko (University of Zimbabwe)

Thesis Title: Exploring epidemiological challenges in the contemporary management of HIV infection

Dr Sam Van Damme

Supervisors: Professor Dr. Lizbeth Goodman (UCD School Of Mechanical & Materials Eng)

These Title: Intercultural Communication in Chinese Education: An Immersive Study of the Experiences and Views of Western Students Spending a Semester Abroad.

Dr Wei Zheng

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: “Economic Development, Air pollution and Health- –Based on the provincial level analysis of China.”

Graduands

Mr Samuel Almeida

Supervisors: Dr Alexander Dukalskis (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Securing peace? Institutional reforms and transitional justice in Latin America

Ms Tahulela Aifani Confidence

Supervisor: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Sustainable solid waste management in South Africa Cities: The potential of turning waste into a resource as poverty alleviation strategy.

Ms Yuanxin Li

Supervisors: Dr Samuel Brazys (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations),

Thesis Title: China’s foreign aid in Southeast Asia

Mr Aklilu Kabiso

Supervisors:  Dr. Eoin O’Neill, (UCD Planning and Environmental Policy and UCD Earth Institute).

Thesis Title: Decentralised Spatial Planning and its effect on Environmental Managemen

Mr Sebastien Manzi

Supervisors: Dr Frank Walsh (UCD School of Economics) Dr Thomas Rusuhuzwa Kigabo (National University of Rwanda)

Thesis Title: Understanding commercial bank credit to the private sector and non-performing loans in Rwanda

Mr David Martyn

Supervisors: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations), and Conor Galvin (School of Education)

Thesis Title: Technology in Sustainable Development in Education in Zambia.

Mr Fredrick A. Mashingia

Supervisors: Prof Michael Bruen (UCD School of Civil Engineering)

Thesis Title: Investigating the Effects of Land Use/Cover on the Hydrological Response of East Usambara Mountain Forest in Tanzania

Ms Sinead McGrath

Supervisors: Dr Melanie Hoewer (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations),

Thesis Title: Internally displaced women: through a lens? A look at the transitional justice mechanisms that deal with internally displaced women in Colombia through discourse analysis

Mr George Lupakisyo Mwalwiba

Supervisors: Prof Michael Bruen (UCD School of Civil Engineering)

Thesis Title: Efficiency use of Natural Wetlands in Sediment trapping and Nutrient Removal in the Mara River Wetlands in Mara River Basin, Tanzania

Ms Orla Ni Cheallachain

Supervisors: Professor Jennifer Todd (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Sciences)

Thesis Title: Countering the threat: An exploration of British counter-terrorism before and after the ‘war on terror’

Ms Sadhbh O’Neill

Supervisors: Dr Tobias Theiler (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Sciences)

Thesis Title: Institutional barriers to effective climate governance: the case of the Paris Agreement

Mr Bernard N. Rutikanga

Supervisors: Professor Jennifer Todd (UCD School of Politics & Intl Relations)

Thesis Title: Denial as the last stage of genocide, the case of Rwanda, 1994-2013