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Research Areas
Children, youth and families; older persons; climate change and ageing; and digital transformations and ageing,
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Dr Mayeso Chinseu Lazaro is a Senior Lecturer and a Research and Evaluation Consultant affiliated with the University of Malawi. He holds an interdisciplinary PhD in Human Geography and Social Sciences from the University of Hull (England, United Kingdom), an MSc in Family Ecology and Practice from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), and a Bachelor of Education (Humanities) from the University of Malawi (Malawi). His teaching, research, consultancy, and community outreach activities focus on children, youth and families, and ageing populations, with a primary grounding in qualitative research methodologies. His emerging scholarly interests include the intersections of climate change and ageing, and the implications of digital transformations, including artificial intelligence (AI), for older persons in Africa. Dr Lazaro has contributed to several funded research and development projects, with recent engagement concentrated in early childhood development. These include: 1) Strengthening Malawi's Early Childhood Development Management Information System under the Together for Early Childhood Evidence (T4ECE) initiative, funded by USAID; 2) Child-to-Child Learning Approach: Scaling Up Inclusive Play-Based Learning for Smooth Transition from Pre-Primary to Early Grades of Primary School in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Malawi, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC); and 3) The Complementary Feeding Bowl Pilot Project, funded by UNICEF. His scholarship is distinguished by its cultural relevance, ethical grounding, and policy orientation, positioning him as an influential voice in advancing knowledge and practice on families, childhood, and ageing in Malawi and the broader region. He welcomes collaborative engagements with local and international partners on shared research interests.
Publications
- Book Chapters
Lazaro, M.C., Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (IN PRINT). Climate Change, Poverty, Food Insecurity and Aging: Adaptive Strategies of Older Persons in Africa Amidst the Triple Jeopardy. In K. Pillemer & L. Ayalon (Eds.), Handbook on ageing and climate change. Policy Press. (2026)
- Book Chapters
Durosaiye, I., Sadiq, K., Tekin, M., & Lazaro, M. (ACCEPTED, 2025). A Scoping Review of Ageing and Climate Change in Southern Africa. In R. Gilroy, C. Bigonnesse, & O. Jolanki (Eds.), Research Handbook on Ageing and Housing. Edward Elgar. (2026)
- Journal Article
Lazaro, M.C. (ACCEPTED, 2025). Childrenā€™s Engagement with Video Parlours and Intergenerational Conflict in Contemporary Rural Malawi: Cultural Erosion or Social Transformation? Malawi Journal of Social Sciences. (2025)
- Journal Article
Lazaro, M.C., Nkhonya, H., Ejuu, G., Chibwana, K., Chibwana, A.I., & Sileti, J. (ACCEPTED, 2025). Centre-based village and savings loans as a community-driven microfinancing mechanism of early childhood development and education in rural Malawi. Malawi Journal of Education and Development. (2025)
- Book Chapters
Kaparounaki, K., Lazaro, M.C., & Levy, S. (2025). Unearthing Lived Experiences: Integrating Disability, Arts, and Social Work in Africa. In C. Baker, E. Imafidon, K. Moolman, & E.N. Samba, & (Eds), Activating Arts to Understand Disability in Africa: Inclusive Explanations. (pp. 99-111). New York, USA: Routledge. (2025)
- Journal Article
Ejuu, G., Adela, R., Lazaro, M., Mengstie, M. M., Mary, N., Jesca, A., & Miria, N. (2024). Scaling Deep the Child to Child Approach to Ease Transition From Pre-primary to Lower Primary in Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi. Journal of Education and Development, 8(3), 20-25. (2024)
https://doi.org/10.20849/jed.v8i3.1443
- Journal Article
Lazaro, M.C. (2024). Corporal punishment of children in rural homes in Zomba, Southern Malawi: Moral socialisation or child abuse? Malawi Journal of Social Sciences, 23(2), 43-67. (2024)
https://unima.ac.mw/news/attachment/803/download
- Journal Article
Lazaro, M. C., Walker, L., & Robson, E. (2023). Invisible in Plain Sight? Grandfathers Caring for Orphaned Grandchildren in Rural Malawi. African Studies, 82(1), 43-66. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2023.2212616
- Journal Article
Hadfield-Hill, S., Finn, M., Dudman, J., Ergler, C., Freeman, C., Hayes, T.A., Jarman, P., Leon, L., Lazaro, M.C., Latai-Niusulu, A. and Oza, E., (2023). Expanding the scope of ethical research with and for children and young peopleā€“six viewpoints on crisis, cross-cultural working and reciprocity. Children's Geographies, 1-10. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2023.2259331
- Book Chapters
Keating, N., Eales, J., Phillips, J., Avalon, L., Lazaro, M., Montes de Oca, V., Rea, P. & Tyagi, P. (2021). Critical human ecology and global contexts of rural ageing. In M. Skinner, R. Winterton and K. Walsh (Eds) Rural Gerontology: Towards Critical Perspectives on Rural Ageing (pp 52-63), Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. (2021)
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019435
