Development Studies in Collaboration Contributions from Tanzania and Zambia

1. Introduction: Collaborative Insights in Development Studies from Tanzania and Zambia Nyamwaya Munthali, Tiina Kontinen, and Shukrani K. Mbirigenda

Part 1:  Decolonizing Development Studies  

2. The Decoloniality Discourse in African Development Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis

Happy Mathew Tirivangasi and Abdul Kadir Khan

3. Decolonizing Development Studies: Lessons from the Dar es Salaam School of Thought

Shukrani Mbirigenda, Vedasto Hamza, Omary T. Mndeme et al

4.Toward Decolonizing Global Climate Change Governance: Lessons from Nationally Determined Contributions of Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia

Omary T. Mndeme, Godfred Obeng , Matildah Kaliba et al

5. Toward Decolonizing Development Relationships? Analysis of Recent Policies of Tanzania and Finland 

Teressa Juhaninmäki and Gelas Rubakula

Part 2: Epistemic Justice in Curricula and Pedagogies in Development Studies

6. Evolution, Development and the Core Competencies of Development Studies: The Cases of University of Dar es Salam, Tanzania and the University of Zambia

Moonga H. Mumba, Shukrani K. Mbirigenda, and Munalula Mulonda

7. Conceptualizing Curricula Justice with the Case of Development Studies

Nyamwaya Munthali and Sarah Cummings

8. Decolonizing Pedagogical Practices: Integrating Feminist Perspectives in Gender and Development Studies Education

Peace Musiimenta, Amon M. Ashaba and Godfred A. Obeng 

Part 3:  Emerging Scholarship in Development Studies 

9. Techno-Solutionism and the Use of Emerging Technologies in Pushing Frontiers of Mining: New Methods and Justifications for Expanding Extractivism

Christopher Chagnon and Usman Ashraf

10.   Energy Transition Goes Local: Everyday Security in Shifting Away from Charcoal in Chelstone Township, Lusaka, Zambia

Felix Dade, Veera Joro, Priscillah Nsama et al

11.   Militarized Conservation and Maasai Displacement in Ngorongoro: A Collapse of the Multiple Land Use Model?

Ronald B. Ndesanjo, James B. Kuboja, and Jacob S. Sululu

12.   Leveraging Online Platforms for Inclusive Governance: Insights from Selected Civil Society Organizations in Tanzania 

Benta N. Matunga, Jacob S. Sululu, and Ajali M. Nguyahambi

13.   Toward Localization of Women's Empowerment Initiatives: Analysis of Village Community Banks in Tanzania

Karoliina Kantola, Vedasto Hamza, Rehema Kilonzo et al

14.   Conclusion: Centering African Perspectives in Development Studies Thought and Practice 

Shukrani Mbirigenda, Nyamwaya Munthali and Tiina Kontinen

Biography

Tiina Kontinen is Professor in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She leads a research group on Civil Society and Citizenship in Development and has been  Principal Investigator in several projects with universities in Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda.

Shukrani K. Mbirigenda is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has published on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, leadership and ethics, education and development, philosophical sagacity and critical thinking, youth risk behaviours, and globalization and regional cooperation.

Nyamwaya Munthali is a Development Studies Lecturer at the University of Zambia, specializing in Communication for Development. Her research focuses on digital communication, technological innovation, and decolonising knowledge. She has lectured internationally, serves on journal editorial board(s), and has experience with project management and consultancy in agricultural development.