Doctoral researcher profiles in African Studies and Anthropology In 'Postgraduate study' Postgraduate study in African Studies and AnthropologyPhD research focusDoctoral researcher profiles The Department of African Studies and Anthropology has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Some of our current doctoral researchers profiles and details of their research are listed below: Joe Abell Doctoral researcher PhD title: Demanding Change: Sex, HIV Prevention, and Participatory Methods in Uganda Supervisor: Dr Jessica Johnson and Dr Benedetta Rossi PhD African Studies and Anthropology Henry Brefo Doctoral researcher PhD title: Modernisation, Bureaucracy and Traditional rule in Ghana: The case of the Otumfuo Education Fund Supervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Insa Nolte PhD African Studies Ryan Colton Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Military Governments in Ghana, 1972-1992 - A Social History of Institutions and IdeologiesSupervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Professor Nic CheesemanPhD African Studies and Anthropology Sini Hassinen Doctoral researcher PhD title: Queer Joy, Resistance and Community in Nairobi Supervisor: Dr Jessica Johnson (Department of African Studies and Anthropology) and Dr Emma Foster (Department of Political Science and International Studies) PhD African Studies and Anthropology Celine Henry-Agyemang Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Elites, Exile, and Empire: Remaking the Identity of Asantehene Prempeh ISupervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Manu Sehgal PhD African Studies and Anthropology Emerson Abraham Jackson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Researching Livelihoods in Goderich Village, Sierra Leone Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole PhD African Studies [Sustainable Development] Francine Kola-Bankole Doctoral researcher PhD title: Activism and Gender within the Arts of Contemporary Nigeria Supervisor: Dr Juliet Gilbert and Dr Gregory Salter PhD African Studies and Anthropology Sophie Küspert-Rakotondrainy Doctoral researcher PhD title: Transformation of hierarchies in Western Ethiopia: The case of the Mao Supervisors: Dr Benedetta Rossi and Dr Marco Di Nunzio PhD African Studies Tessa Pijnaker Doctoral researcher PhD title: Styling success: ICT, design and public performance among technology entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana Supervisor: Dr Marco di Nunzio and Dr M Bolt PhD African Studies Amy Redgrave Doctoral researcher PhD title: Colonial Anxieties, Local Debates and Struggles over 'Prostitution' in Southern Nigeria, 1890-1960. Supervisor: Dr Insa Nolte and Dr Benedetta RossiPhD African Studies Veera Tagliabue Doctoral researcher PhD title: Class experiences among international students from the SADC region studying in South Africa Supervisor: Dr Kate Skinner, Dr Jessica Johnson and Dr Maxim Bolt PhD African Studies Felix Tombindo Doctoral researcher PhD title: Conservation, Landscape and Belonging on the Shores of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole, Dr Jessica Johnson, and Dr Maxim Bolt PhD African Studies and Anthropology
Joe Abell Doctoral researcher PhD title: Demanding Change: Sex, HIV Prevention, and Participatory Methods in Uganda Supervisor: Dr Jessica Johnson and Dr Benedetta Rossi PhD African Studies and Anthropology
Henry Brefo Doctoral researcher PhD title: Modernisation, Bureaucracy and Traditional rule in Ghana: The case of the Otumfuo Education Fund Supervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Insa Nolte PhD African Studies
Ryan Colton Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Military Governments in Ghana, 1972-1992 - A Social History of Institutions and IdeologiesSupervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Professor Nic CheesemanPhD African Studies and Anthropology
Sini Hassinen Doctoral researcher PhD title: Queer Joy, Resistance and Community in Nairobi Supervisor: Dr Jessica Johnson (Department of African Studies and Anthropology) and Dr Emma Foster (Department of Political Science and International Studies) PhD African Studies and Anthropology
Celine Henry-Agyemang Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Elites, Exile, and Empire: Remaking the Identity of Asantehene Prempeh ISupervisor: Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Manu Sehgal PhD African Studies and Anthropology
Emerson Abraham Jackson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Researching Livelihoods in Goderich Village, Sierra Leone Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole PhD African Studies [Sustainable Development]
Francine Kola-Bankole Doctoral researcher PhD title: Activism and Gender within the Arts of Contemporary Nigeria Supervisor: Dr Juliet Gilbert and Dr Gregory Salter PhD African Studies and Anthropology
Sophie Küspert-Rakotondrainy Doctoral researcher PhD title: Transformation of hierarchies in Western Ethiopia: The case of the Mao Supervisors: Dr Benedetta Rossi and Dr Marco Di Nunzio PhD African Studies
Tessa Pijnaker Doctoral researcher PhD title: Styling success: ICT, design and public performance among technology entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana Supervisor: Dr Marco di Nunzio and Dr M Bolt PhD African Studies
Amy Redgrave Doctoral researcher PhD title: Colonial Anxieties, Local Debates and Struggles over 'Prostitution' in Southern Nigeria, 1890-1960. Supervisor: Dr Insa Nolte and Dr Benedetta RossiPhD African Studies
Veera Tagliabue Doctoral researcher PhD title: Class experiences among international students from the SADC region studying in South Africa Supervisor: Dr Kate Skinner, Dr Jessica Johnson and Dr Maxim Bolt PhD African Studies
Felix Tombindo Doctoral researcher PhD title: Conservation, Landscape and Belonging on the Shores of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole, Dr Jessica Johnson, and Dr Maxim Bolt PhD African Studies and Anthropology