Doris Kakuru
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Credentials
PhD in Social Sciences (Wageningen University, NL); MPhil in Social Anthropology (University of Bergen, Norway); B. A Sociology (Makerere University, Uganda)
Brief Biography
My interdisciplinary scholarship is located at the intersection of Childhood Sociology and feminist thought. My work takes on a social justice perspective and is centered on various issues affecting children and youth in families and communities. Over the recent years, my community-based youth-led participatory research has been underpinned by intersectionality and post-colonial theories.
Research Interests and supervision fields
My research interests include: Violence in childhood with a focus on sexual violence in schools; Girlhood and gendered children’s rights; Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights; Children and youth in urban poverty; Social context of education and child labour.
Call for Papers:
Dr. Kakuru is currently serving as one of the editors on a special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. There is a call for papers for those who are interested to get published on this issue. Please click here for more details on this opportunity. Please note that Abstracts are due by June 17, 2024 and full manuscripts are due by November 15, 2024.
Sample Publications
- Kakuru, D. M. (2021). Navigating Student Motherhood in a Precarious Urban Context: Perspectives from Higher Education in Uganda. Education and Urban Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245211027549
- Etowa, J., Nare, H., Kakuru, D. M., & Etowa, E. B. (2020). Psychosocial Experiences of HIV-Positive Women of African Descent in the Cultural Context of Infant Feeding: A Three-Country Comparative Analyses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7150. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7150
- Kakuru, D. M. (2019) Reconstructing Child Caregiving: Perspectives on Child Headed Households in Uganda. In Ebrahim, H., Okwany, A., Oumar, B. (Eds). (2018). Early Childhood Care and Education on the Margins; African perspectives. London: Routledge: Pages 46-61.
- Kakuru, D. M. (2016) Evidence driven practice: perspectives from the ‘Righting the Future’ project research, 2013-2016. In A. Okwany & R. Wanzir (2016) Changing Social Norms to Universalize Girls Education in East Africa: Lessons From a Pilot Project, Antwerp: Garant Publishers, 93-112.
- Kamusiime, A. & Kakuru, D. M. (2017) Social Justice and the Moral Question: Foregrounding the paradox of teenage motherhood and education in Uganda In M. Gray (Ed.). (2017). Handbook of Social Work and Social Development Practice in Africa. London: Routledge. Pages 215-226.
- Kendrick, M. & Kakuru, D.M. (2012) Funds of Knowledge in Child-Headed Households: A Ugandan Case Study. Childhood; A journal of Global child Research, 19 (3), 397-413.
- Kakuru, D. M (2011) How to avoid gender bias in gender focused health research: Methodological reflections and policy suggestions. In Barbara Ann Barrett and Christian Groes-Green (2011) Studying intimate matters. Fountain publishers, Kampala, 40-54.