Dr. Mazuba Muchindu

Dr. Mazubza Muchindu
Lecturer
Researcher
Social Work and Sociology
Email
mazuba.muchindu@unza.ac.zm

Biography

Qualifications

  • PhD in Sociology: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • MSc 2025: Urban Management and Development, Institute for Housing
    and Urban Development Studies (IHS)/ Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, University of Zambia

Publications

Publications

Hampwaye, G., Nchito, W., Siame, G., and Muchindu, M (2024). ‘Urbanisation and Urban Development in Zambia’. In: Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy

Muchindu, M. (2022). Statelessness in Protracted Refugee Situations: Former Angolan and Rwandan Refugees in Zambia. African Human Mobility Review, 8(3), 145-159.

Sambo, J., Muchindu, M., Nyambe, S., and Yamuchi, T (2020). Sustainable Solid Waste Management: An Assessment of Solid Waste Treatment in Lusaka, Zambia, Sanitation Value Chain Vol. 4 (2) pp.39-50,

Simona, S., Muchindu, M., & Ntalasha, H. (2018). Intimate partner violence (IPV) in Zambia: Socio-demographic determinants and association with use of maternal health care. Int'l J. Soc. Sci. Stud., 6, 42.

Muchindu, M.W. 2010, ‘Signs of decay and challenges to inner city revitalisation in Lusaka’, In Ayala, A., and Geurts, E (eds) Urbanising Africa: The City Centre Revisited, IHS Working Papers.

Research Interests

Research Interests

  • Urban livelihoods with focus on low-income groups
  • Urban social service delivery with focus on water supply and sanitation, housing, and solid waste management
  • Urban governance with focus on urban planning and management, citizen participation and accountability
  • Refugees and forced migration

Projects and Grants

Projects and Grants

  • Lead researcher on studies leading to the development of the National Refugee Policy of Zambia launched in 2024, as well as the first ever study on statelessness conducted in Zambia in 2017