Susan Namirembe Kavuma, PhD

susan.kavuma@mak.ac.ug

Susan Namirembe Kavuma, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Head of Department

Department of Policy Development and Economics

Contact Information

Tel: +256 756 852150

Email: susan.kavuma@mak.ac.ug | suzkav@yahoo.com

Office Location: School of Economics Building, Room 5.2

Biography

Susan is an Academic and Researcher with fifteen years’ experience in conducting policy research and analysis in various fields such as health, education, labour economics, development economics, women empowerment and income inequality. Since 2006, Susan has lectured students in the School of Economics at Makerere University. She holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham, U.K which she attained as a commonwealth scholar in 2015. In 2017, Susan was a CAPREx Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Susan is experienced in action research methodologies and panel data analysis; and has authored and co-authored several research papers in peer reviewed Journals.

Education

  • PhD in Economics, University of Nottingham, 2015

Research Interests

Development economics, labour economics, women empowerment and social protection

Courses Taught

Development economics, rural development, research methods and government development planning