Doctoral researcher profiles in African Studies and Anthropology In 'DASA research' ResearchStaff researchDoctoral researcher profilesSeminarsCadbury Research FellowshipBirmingham University African Studies Series Back to 'African Studies and Anthropology' 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 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 Emerson Abraham Jackson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Researching Livelihoods in Goderich Village, Sierra Leone Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole PhD African Studies [Sustainable Development] Stacey Kennedy Doctoral researcherCMCM Research Assistant PhD title: Women’s agency in the contemporary Nigerian art world: modernist legacies and contemporary moves across Nigerian art networks Supervisor: Dr Juliet Gilbert (University of Birmingham), Professor Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (Central European University, Vienna) and Dr Amy Rushton (Nottingham Trent University) PhD African Studies and Anthropology 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
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
Emerson Abraham Jackson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Researching Livelihoods in Goderich Village, Sierra Leone Supervisor: Dr Reginald Cline-Cole PhD African Studies [Sustainable Development]
Stacey Kennedy Doctoral researcherCMCM Research Assistant PhD title: Women’s agency in the contemporary Nigerian art world: modernist legacies and contemporary moves across Nigerian art networks Supervisor: Dr Juliet Gilbert (University of Birmingham), Professor Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (Central European University, Vienna) and Dr Amy Rushton (Nottingham Trent University) PhD African Studies and Anthropology
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