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Public sector reform and management, trans-border ethnicity, gender in politics, development policy, political governance,
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Happy Kayuni is Professor in University of Malawi’s Political and Administrative Studies Department and holds a PhD (Political Science) from University of the Western Cape. He joined the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, in 2002 as Staff Associate after working for some time as Research Assistant in various research projects under Center for Social Research, Center for Language Studies, Gender Policy Unit and Save the Children (US) - in collaboration with University of North Carolina. He also worked as Programme Manager for Women’s World Banking-Malawi Affiliate. He also holds a Master of Public Administration degree (MPA) Distinction from the University of Stellenbosch obtained in 2004. During his studies, he won several awards such as the South African Embassy Study Bursary Award (during the second year of his studies in the University of Malawi), Stellenbosch’s Postgraduate Merit Bursary Award (at the completion of his honours degree), School of Public Planning and Management’s Student of the Year Award (DUK-Student 2005) and the prestigious PricewaterhouseCooper Award for being the best MPA student. He has co-edited books and authored (or co-authored) over forty peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters as well as over a hundred research/consultancy reports and conference papers. In relation to training programmes, Happy has facilitated numerous Team Building programmes for various local governments and ministries in Malawi. He has also been involved in training Malawian members of parliament under the Democracy Consolidation Programme. Happy is also a trained SADC-PF Elections Observer. Together with his colleague in the department, Happy facilitated and drafted the ‘Malawi Community Development Policy’. He also assisted in the drafting of the ‘Malawi Refugee Policy’ and the ‘Malawi NGO Policy’. Apart from University of Malawi where he is employed, Happy Kayuni has also taught (as part-time lecturer) in several tertiary institutions in South Africa and these are University of the Western Cape, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Bellville Business College. Currently he is also Faculty Affiliate in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Initiative Programme at Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway.
Publications
- Journal Article
Kapanga, M. Kayuni, H and Chasukwa, M. 2021. "The State, Traditional Leadership and the Politics of Land Reforms in Malawi." The African Review. 48 (2021): 1–25. BRILL Publications (2021)
- Journal Article
Kayuni, H; Banik, D and Chunga, J. 2021. “The Perils of Megaphone Diplomacy on Malawi’s Ambitious Shire- Zambezi Waterway Project”. Africa Review, 13:2, 270-289, Taylor and Francis Publications. DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1943265 (2021)
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Chiweza, A; Msiska, Y; Kayuni, H and Tambulasi, R. 2021. Rethinking Public Administration Curriculum for Enhancing Public Service Capacity towards National and Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi. Journal of Contemporary Management. Volume 17 Issue 2: (2021)
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Dulani, B; Harris, A; Horowitz, J; Kayuni, H. 2020. “Electoral Preferences Among Multi-ethnic Voters in Africa”, Comparative Political Studies. Pp. 1-32. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414020926196 (2020)
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Kayuni, H; Chasukwa, M; Dulani, B and Sambo, G. 2019. “Perceptions on the Legitimacy of Traditional Leaders in Democratic Malawi”. Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives. Vol. 4 Issue 1 (2019)
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Kayuni H. 2016. “The Upsurge of Tension between Renamo and Frelimo in Mozambique: The Contest for Traditional Leadership Support”. Malawi Journal of Humanities. Vol. 24. Pp 65-86. UNIMA (2016)
