Dr Jackson Tumwine

Jackson Tumwine (Ph.D.) is a Lecturer of Sociology at Kabale University Uganda in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Jackson obtained his PhD. From Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands 2018, Master’s Degree in Sociology and Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University. Jackson is an international development practitioner with 20+ years of experience in technical leadership and managing complex development programs in developing countries including post-conflict nations.  His leadership and expertise include. Program management, planning, and implementation; Personnel management, Communications and information management; Contractual and financial management; Development and implementation of effective policies, legislations, investments, and programs. Skilled in Sustainable Development, Operations management, communication, organizational representation, compliance Management, Team leadership, Program management, Strategic Human resource planning, Strategic partnership, Resource mobilization, Cross-Functional coordination, International financial reporting standards (IFRS), Research and development (R&D), Impact evaluation, Statistics, Program evaluation, and report writing. Strong community and social services professional. Jackson has worked with several international development organizations including the UN Agencies, Cornell University/UNICEF-African Nutrition Security Partnership Program, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT-Africa), Jotell LLC, Strategic Development Initiatives and Makerere University. Jackson’s working experience covers more than 15 countries in West, Central and Southern Africa.

Research interest

My research interests relate to the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of development programs, primarily in low- and middle-income countries.  My approach to this work has been from a transdisciplinary, engaged, and problem-oriented perspective, in which the key research questions and choice of methods emerge in the course of engaging with policy and program actors at global, national, or sub-national levels. This approach is guided by robust theoretical frameworks and ensures that the research is responsive to real-world concerns and more likely to be understood, valued, and used by those responsible for policies and programs

Key Research qualifications

Preparing research and development project proposals and business case studies.
Reviewing literature, analyzing literature and conducting a situational analysis.
Designing surveys, field quantitative, participatory, and qualitative research instruments (questionnaires/approaches) for livelihood and other assessments.
Conducting field enumeration, collecting qualitative and quantitative data, and directing Key Informant interviews, Focus Group Discussions, and Expert Elicitation Workshops.
Conducting household surveys and baseline, mid-term, and end-line surveys for project evaluation using cross-sectional, panel, and time-series types of data sets.
Conducting household data analysis, impact evaluation, program evaluations, socio-economic analyses, and policy-related research.
Data processing, entry, and analysis using computer programs including Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel) and SPSS and Stata
Report writing, writing policy and technical research papers, and making visual and oral presentations.
Organizing and engaging in high-level policy dialogues, forums, research platforms, and symposiums.

Professional Membership

Uganda Sociological and Anthropological Association USAA (2004-present)
Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA2013-2024)
Association of Strengthening Social Sciences Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSERIA 2003-2025)
Agriculture- Nutrition Community of Practice (Ag2Nut) (From 2015 to present)
Nutrition Society of Uganda (2013-Present)
Society of Policy Sciences, New York, USA. (2013-2024)