School of Social and Political Science

One Pusumane

PhD student

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O.Pusumane@sms.ed.ac.uk
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School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Research interests

Cities Criminal justice Culture Gender Politics Research Group Governance & Democracy International development International Political Economy Research Group International Relations Research Group Intimacy Migration and experiences of displacement Nationalism and political action Politics and political violence Race and decolonial thought Work & Economy

Conference presentations

African Communities Symposium: Heritage, Identities, Languages, and Arts - 2020

North-West University MA Seminar Series, South Africa  -2020

International Association For Feminist Economics - 2019

Awards 

PhD studentship: University of Edinburgh - Leiden University Partnership - 2020

HRH Prince of Wales Commonwealth Scholarship, Cambridge Trust - University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) - 2019

Global South Scholar Travel Grant, Münster University International Model United Nations- 2018

ALU Inaugural Class Scholarship: African Leadership College  - 2016

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, A-Levels Scholarship: Maru a Pula School -2014

Non- academic Awards

Honourable Mention Award 2018,​ Munster University Model United Nations: Germany 

Bessie Head Literature Awards, 2nd Runner Up: Novel Category: Botswana-2013

Background

PhD Title

Examining Èkó gb’olè, ó gb’ọ̀lẹ : Precarious intimacies of spaces, bodies, and dreams in transition    

 

Qualifications

PhD in African Studies: 2020-Present  - University of Edinburgh

MPhil in African Studies: 2019-2020 - University of Cambridge 

B.A (Hons) in Social Sciences: 2016-2019 - African Leadership College

Current and Past Supervisors 

Dr Iwilade: Center of African Studies- University of Edinburgh 

Dr Branch: Center of African Studies - University of Cambridge  (Trinity Hall)

Dr Auerbach and Dr O'Hagen: Social Sciences Department - African Leadership College 

Works within

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