Ongoing Research Projects

Engaging Community Paralegals in Referral Pathways for Sexual Gender-Based Violence among Girls in Kisii County

Lead Researcher: Dr. Peter Gutwa Oino, PhD

Enhancing Climate Literacy and Action through Education in Isiolo (Kenya) and Ethiopia

Lead Researcher: Dr. Jacquelyn Walubwa, PhD

Gender Equity in Climate Change Participation to Ensure Agroecological-Based Vegetable Production in Eastern Africa

Lead Researcher: Dr. Jacquelyn Walubwa, PhD

Socio-Economic Vulnerabilities among Urban Migrants in the Lake Victoria Basin and Great Lakes Region

Kenya lead researcher: Dr. Peter Gutwa Oino

Collaborative Curriculum Development for Competency-Based STEM Education in Kenya

Lead Researchers: Dr. George Ngwacho Areba, PhD & Prof. David Kimori, PhD

Adapting Mobile Technology to Enhance Access to Quality, Equitable and Inclusive Education in Fragile Context to be conducted in Kakuma, Turkana Region of Kenya

Lead researcher:

A school closer to home: using mealtimes to foster language development, improve girls' nutrition and align home and school in rural Kenya and Zambia

Co-PI Researcher: Dr. Pamela Wadende, PhD

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Building character strength: Using a phenomenological approach to explore how children 4-8 years are taught gratitude in home and school settings among indigenous Kenyan Turkana and Ethiopian Amhara

 

The Agronomic and Nutritional Evaluation of Napier grass, Bracharia, and Boma Rhodes in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya

Lead Researcher: Prof. Evans Basweti, PhD

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Assessment of Indigenous knowledge and utilization of medicinal plants in management of COVID-19 in western Kenya and Harmful algal blooms in Lake Victoria

Lead Researcher: Dr. Bethwell Owuor, PhD

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Kisii University Youth Agribusiness Incubation Centre (YABIC)

Project Lead: Prof. Samson Maobe, PhD

Enhancing African Women Farmers’ Capacity in School Meals Value Chain

Lead Researcher: Dr. Lucy Kitonga, PhD

Rural Leadership Training Project

Lead Researcher: Prof. Anakalo Shitandi, PhD

Responsible Computing Challenge

Lead Researcher: Prof. Fredrick Mzee Awour, PhD, PhD

Digital Pathways for Social and Environmental Justice

Lead Researcher: Dr. Ronald Tombe, PhD

Forgiveness and reconciliation rituals: Pathways to depolarization for adolescents in rural Kenya, Cameroon and Ethiopia

Executive Summary:

 One of the perennial concerns of human beings is the need for peace, prosperity, and harmony in society, where people c...

Project Title: A school closer to home: using mealtimes to foster language development, improve girls’ nutrition and align home and school in rural Kenya and Zambia

Kisii University through two of our staff Dr. Pamela Wadende (Developmental Psychologist and Postgraduate Studies Coordinator at the School of Education and Human Resource Development, Kisii University, Kericho Campus, Kenya) and Dr.  Grace Koteny (Department of Curriculum, Instructi...

Kisii University partners with universities in SSA and UK to leverage carbon literacy FOR YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY AND JOB CREATION

Kisii University in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University, Durban University of Technology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and Innovate Durban have been considered for Innovation for African Universities (IAU) grant from the British Council worth £60,000. In this projec...

AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING INCLUSIVE INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

This project is a co-funded by the Erasmus + programme of European Union. The project is carried out by Kisii University in collaboration with 4 Universities from Europe (Romania, Poland, UK, Italy), a consultancy company from Bulgaria,5 universities from Kenya,2 universities from Tanzani...

CLIMATE-U: TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITIES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

Kisii University in collaboration with the University College of London, University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, University of the South Pacific, Fiji, Kenyatta University and Eduardo Mondlane University Mozambique are engaged in a project on climate change. This project aims to strengthen the...

ENHANCING LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL IN KENYA: ADAPTING RURAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR SOUTHWEST KENYA

This is a joint research project between Kisii University and University of Minnesota (UM), USA. The program will first adapt the UM Extension curriculum through a co-creation process with select multi-disciplinary faculty from Kisii University. Secondly, a group of trainers will be train...

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