Introduction This article is based on findings from my APDD-supported research project, Screening women in African cinemas of Conflict: Towards gendered peacebuilding public spheres in Zimbabwean communities. The project explored how Zimbabwean women and girls responded to African films depicting women navigating war, violence and conflict in other African contexts. The project examined how audiences […]
2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Aligning Research Methods with Budgeting for Fieldwork in African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (3)
This is the third publication in a series exploring the ways scholars can balance methodology, budgeting, and fieldwork when completing a research project in the African peacebuilding landscape. Introduction Budgeting for fieldwork is an integral part of research methods. It is essential for developing a feasible, robust, and transparent research design. The research method selected […]
2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Aligning Research Methods with Budgeting for Fieldwork in African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (2)
This is the second publication in a series exploring the ways scholars can balance methodology, budgeting, and fieldwork when completing a research project in the African peacebuilding landscape. Introduction Research methods underpin the action plan of every research project.[1] They map and outline the path a researcher takes from a research question to the evidence […]
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2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Starting Where You Are: Reimagining Fieldwork Budgeting in African Peacebuilding – Article (4)
by Nomphumelelo Babeli
This is the fourth and final publication in a series exploring the ways scholars can balance methodology, budgeting, and fieldwork when completing a research project in the African peacebuilding landscape. Introduction Budgeting for fieldwork should not be only understood as a technical exercise undertaken after primary methodological decisions have been made. As Fajobi[1] notes, budgeting […]
2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Aligning Research Methods with Budgeting for Fieldwork in African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (3)
by Dr. Zainab Nuhu
This is the third publication in a series exploring the ways scholars can balance methodology, budgeting, and fieldwork when completing a research project in the African peacebuilding landscape. Introduction Budgeting for fieldwork is an integral part of research methods. It is essential for developing a feasible, robust, and transparent research design. The research method selected […]
2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Aligning Research Methods with Budgeting for Fieldwork in African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (2)
2026 African Peacebuilding Research Series
Aligning Research Methodology with Budgeting for Fieldwork in the African Peacebuilding Research Landscape – Article (1)
by Dr. Amogne Asfaw Eshetu
This is the first publication in a series exploring the ways scholars can balance methodology, budgeting, and fieldwork when completing a research project in the African peacebuilding landscape. Introduction When designing a research project in African peacebuilding, there is a tendency to treat methodology and budgeting as two separate silos. Researchers draft their methodological approach […]
Extractivism
“Not critical for me:” Extractivism, Lithium Mining, and its Discontents Among Local Communities in Bikita, Zimbabwe
by Simbarashe Gukurume
Introduction As the global race for critical minerals and rare earth metals accelerates, local communities’ vulnerability to multiple forms of exploitation, displacement and environmental degradation has increased tenfold. In Zimbabwe, a country with the largest deposit of lithium in Africa, and fifth-largest deposit of lithium globally,[1] Chinese companies have consolidated their hegemony in the country’s […]
Military
Perspectives to the Discursive Strategy of “Silence” in the Security Governance of Southeast Nigeria: The Case of I…
APDD Dispatches
An Interview with PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumni, Stanley Elias Kiswaga
by African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics
Dr. Stanley Elias Kiswaga is a Lecturer in the Department of Literature at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Uganda. He holds a PhD in Social Studies from Makerere University, an MPhil in Social Studies from MISR, Makerere University, […]
Government and Politics
Beyond Geographic Rotation: African Leadership, the United Nations, and the Future of Global Peacebuilding
by Dr. Hab. Nagmeldin Karamalla-Gaiballa
Introduction The contemporary international system is experiencing a profound crisis when it comes to peacebuilding and multilateral cooperation. Armed conflicts in Sudan, Ukraine, Gaza, the Middle East, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and countries in other regions continue to expose the growing limitations of existing mechanisms in practicing conflict prevention, mediation, and post-conflict recovery. At […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: “Governing a Poor Country: Perspectives from a Former Chief Minister of Sierra Leone”