Author: Doreen Kobusingye

Doreen Nancy Kobusingye was born on 22 August 1982 in Bushenyi district in Uganda. Currently she is working as a postdoctoral researcher on a project called Grounded Legitimacy which is coordinated by Radboud University, the Netherlands. In 2005 she received her bachelor’s degree in Development Studies from Makerere University, in 2011 her Master’s degree in Development Studies from Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda and in 2018 her Ph.D, from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, her PhD. Thesis is titled ‘Land in Post-Conflict Situations: War, Decentralization, Land Governance and State Formation in Northern Uganda’. From 2011 to 2018 Doreen researched and published on post-conflict land governance in Uganda. She has lectured at universities (Mbarara University and Uganda Christian University) in Uganda and conducted a number of researches as a consultant for example in 2013 she conducted a research on securing women’s land rights in northern Uganda (West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Teso and Karamoja regions) commissioned by Oxfam. Some of her publications include; Kobusingye, N. Doreen. 2018. “African Youths; the Forgotten Category in land governance. A Case study of Post-conflict Acholi Region, Northern Uganda.” Journal of Geoforum, Kobusingye, N. Doreen, Van Leeuwen, Mathijs and Van Dijk, Han. 2017. “The Multifaceted Relationship between Land and Violent Conflict: The Case of Apaa Evictions in Amuru District, Northern Uganda.” Journal of Modern African Studies, 55, 2: 455-477 and Kobusingye, N. Doreen, Van Leeuwen, Mathijs and Van Dijk, Han. 2016. “Where Do I Report My Land Dispute? The Impact of Institutional Proliferation on Land Governance in Post-conflict Northern Uganda.” Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2016.1195673