Research

If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” – Albert Einstein

Broad Research Areas

  1. Political Economy of Natural Resources
  2. Socio-ecological research
  3. Sustainable development
  4. Governance and Public Policy
  5. Forced Displacement

Papers

  • “Exploring Poverty in South Sudan through the lens of Multidimensional Poverty Approach” published by Journal of Conflict Management & Sustainable Development (2022). Available here
  • “EDUCATION OF PURPOSE: LEARNING PATHWAYS IN THE 21ST CENTURY” published on Academia (2020). Available here
  • “Aid can either lead to Growth and Development in the Developing Countries or it can be an Instrument used by Developed Countries as a Foreign Policy Tool: Specific Cases from Africa” published on Academia (2019). Available here
  • “Water Crisis on the Nile: Why Egypt Needs to Wake Up” published on Academia (2020). Available here

Reports

Conference

  • “South Sudan in Transition: Governance as an Exit Strategy?” presented at the British Institute in Eastern Africa’s international Graduate Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (Nov. 2022). Available here.

THESES

  •  Doctoral Thesis: The Political Economy of Oil in South Sudan: A Subnational Analysis of Unity State – March 2025 – Present
  • ‘It is a Fight against Poverty, Not Productivity’: 
  • Examining the Politics of Oil Policymaking in South Sudan  – submitted and approved by the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford (May 2024).
  • “Assessing the Impact of Governance on Development: Insights from Rwanda, 1994-2020”, submitted and approved by the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi (Dec. 2021).
  • “Factors Affecting Employment in the Public Universities of Kenya: A case of Technical University of Kenya” submitted and approved by the Kenya Institute of Management (Nov. 2016).

Books

Nyayang: A Novel (2018), Upcoming

Other Published Writings