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My background is in Philosophy and Media studies. I have 18 years of teaching and research experience at the University level. I am a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLLF) Fellow at the University of Nairobi and an Africa Peacebuilding Network (APN) Fellow of the Social Science Research Council. I am the founder and Chairperson of the Peace and Development Researchers Association (PADRA) which brings together Social Science and Research Council (SSRC) fellows in Kenya to network and do collaborative research on peace, development and related pressing societal issues. I have been involved in various International collaborative research projects on climate change, media and democracy. I am also a mentor and trainer of early career researchers and a member of the selection and advisory board of the SSRC. I am the Secretary General, Africa Peace Research and Education Association (AFPREA) and a member of the executive Council of International Peace Research Association (IPRA).
My transdisciplinary research interests include: political mis/disinformation, media and conflict/peacebuilding, media and democracy, elections, political philosophy, intercultural philosophy, political economy and climate change, Critical and creative thinking, Traditional Logic, Philosophy and society, Philosophy and gender, Environmental Philosophy, metaphysics, media ethics, Media and Human Rights, Philosophy of education. I have over 40 publications in refereed journals, book chapters and book volumes.
Research Interests
Social and political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Political economy of the Media, Environmental ethics, Climate justice, Media and elections, Ethnicity, Media and Peacebuilding