Dr. Resty Naiga

Dr. Resty Naiga
Dr. Resty Naiga
Head of Department, Development Studies

Resty Naiga is a Senior Lecturer and the current Chair and Head of the Department of Development Studies, Institute of Gender and Development Studies, Makerere University. She has a PhD in Social Economic Sciences from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria; a Master in Development Studies from University College Dublin, Ireland and a Bachelor of Social Sciences from Makerere University. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience using mixed methods. Her extensive research and publications focus on natural resources governance, decentralization, refugee studies, collective action, conflict, and peacebuilding, specifically on gender and children. She serves in different capacities on various professional and community-based organizations. She is passionate about the implications of wealth inequality on society's well-being and uses research-based evidence to impact policy and practice. She was the lead organizer and convenor of the Summer School on “Wealth Inequality Research: Capacity Building in Higher Institutions in Africa” https://lpa.mak.ac.ug/summerschool or https://lpa.mak.ac.ug/staff/dr-resty-naiga

Courses Taught

  1. Governance, Public Policy, and Development
  2. Gender and Development
  3. Advanced Research Methodology
  4. Perspectives and Theories of Leadership
  5. Organizations and Development

Research Projects

  1. Erasmus Mundus Joint Master on Coordinated Humanitarian Response, Health and Displacement (HumanResponse) funded by the European Union starting 2025 between seven universities (University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), Portugal, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Makerere University (MAK), University of Cape Verde (UniCV), University of Santiago] (USant), [University of Rovuma (URovu) and University of Athens (UAthens). Other government and Civil society partners on the HumanResponse joint master are the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Refugee Led Organisation Network (RELON), Alight Uganda, and Uganda Red Cross.

  2. Land acquisition and rising land Inequality in Rural East Africa (LARLIREA) collaborative Research Project between Makerere University, Kenyatta University, and Thünen Institute of Rural Economics, Germany. This project provides full PhD sponsorship to two students in the Department of Development Studies.

  3. Water and Land Conflicts in Uganda’s Refugee Settings  

Publications

  1. Naiga, R. (2024). Coping with Water and Food Insecurity during COVID-19 Lockdown: Implications for Gender Relations in Urban Uganda. Vienna Journal of African Studies 46/2024, Vol.24, 99-118. DOI: 10.25365/phaidra.521_05.

  2. Naiga R., Ananga E.O; and Kakumba U., (2023). Gendered Participation in Water Governance: Implications for Successful Community-based Water Management and Women Empowerment. International Journal of Rural Management, 1 – 16 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231202567

  3. Ananga, E. O., & Naiga, R. (2023). Community Participation in Development Planning: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Its Strengths and Weaknesses. Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 33(2), 195-209.

  4. Naiga, R. (2023). "Determinants of Conflicts in Local Water Governance and Implications for Peacebuilding in Water Development," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 29: No. 2, Article 2. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol29/iss2/2

  5. Ananga, E.O; Naiga, R; Agong, S.G; Njoh A.J and Vickers, H.P., (2021) Examining the contribution of community participation in water resource production and management: perspectives from developing countries SN Soc Sci (2021) 1:37 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-020-00050-0

  6. Baine, Euzobia Mugisha, and Resty Naiga (2021). "Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for Promotion of Gender Equality: Gains and Challenges in Uganda’s Higher Education." Gender and Socio-Economic Change; 299.

  7. Naiga R (2020) Local Water Conflicts in Uganda: Options for Peacebuilding Policy and Practice. APN briefing Note Number 27. Published in February 2020. See https://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/local-water-conflicts-in-uganda-options-for-peacebuilding-policy-and-practice/.

  8. Naiga, R. (2020) Where Are the Women’s Voices? Local Water Governance and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Uganda.” Published in March 2020 see https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2020/03/05/where-are-the-womens-voices-local-water-governance-and-inclusive-peacebuilding-in-uganda/

  9. Mbabazi, V., Naiga, R., & Helen, N. N. (2020). Towards a Gendered Peacebuilding Processes for Sustainable Peace. Jadavpur Journal of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973598419896441

  10. Naiga, R. (2021). The EU-AU Trade and Development Partnership: Towards a New Era? https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/eu-au-trade-and-development-partnership-towards-new-era

  11. Naiga, R (2022). The EU-AU Trade and Development Partnership: Beyond the Aid Trap: https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2022/02/14/eu-au-trade-and-development-partnership-beyond-the-aid-trap/

  12. Naiga, R (2021). Implications of COVID-19 on food security and gender relations: perspectives from Uganda. Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA) Working Paper 24

  13. Naiga, R. (2020). Determinants of User Satisfaction and the Implications on Collective-Action in Demand-driven Water Governance in Rural Uganda.  International Journal of Rural Management, 1-27. DOI: 10.1177/0973005220968957 

  14. Naiga, R. (2018). Conditions for Successful Community-Based Water Management: Perspectives from Rural Uganda. International Journal of Rural Management, 14 (2) 1-26. DOI: 10.11770973005218793245.
  15. Naiga, R., Penker, M., Hogl, K., (2017).Women’s Crucial Role in Collective Operation and Maintenance of Drinking Water Infrastructure in Rural Uganda. Society & Natural Resources. 30 (4), 506-520: DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1274460.
  16. Naiga, R., Penker M., Hogl, K., (2015). Challenging pathways to safe water access in rural Uganda: From supply to demand-driven water governance. International Journal of the commons 9 (1):237–260. URL:http://www.thecommonsjournal.org. RN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-116928

  17. Naiga, R. and M. Penker (2014). Determinants of users’ willingness to contribute to safe water provision in rural Uganda. Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 12(3): 695–714. DOI 10.4335/12.3.695-714 (2014).

  18. Asiimwe, G.B.,and Naiga R,(2015) ‘Towards understanding challenges to water access in Uganda’, in S. Linnane, K.G. McGuigan, H. Fagan, and A. Rugumayo (eds), Water is Life, pp. 59-72, Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing.

  19. Naiga, R., Penker, M., Hogl, K. 2013:  Proceedings of the “Institutions for Collective Action” Conference held in Utrecht, Netherlands on 29-30 November 2012. http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/8616

  20. Naiga, R., and Penker, M (2012): Proceedings of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Junior Summit” Water: Unite and Divide”: Interdisciplinary approaches for a sustainable future held in Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy from 27 – 30 August 2012. http://www.esf.org/hosting-experts/scientific-review-groups/humanities-hum/strategic-activities/esf-junior-summit.html

PhD THESIS

Naiga. R. 2015. Collective-action for Long-Term Access to Safe Water in Rural Uganda, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences  (BOKU) Vienna, Austria, PhD Thesis see full thesis here https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubbw:1-18772

Policy Briefs

  1. Naiga R. 2019. “Why peacebuilding should be an integral part of community-based water management” Policy brief submitted to the Ministry of Water and Environment, Kampala Uganda July 2019

  2. Naiga R. 2018. Without effective women participation in community-based water management, access to water will remain elusive in rural Uganda”. A policy brief submitted to the Ministry of Water and Environment, Kampala Uganda November 2018

  3. Naiga R. 2017. Confronting the frontiers of gender inequality in local water governance. A policy brief submitted to the Ministry of Gender and Social Development, Kampala Uganda June 2017

Research Reports

  1. Naiga R. 2019. Conflicts and Cooperation in Local Water Governance: Implications for Peacebuilding and Gender Equality in Water Development. Report prepared for African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), November 2019

  2. Naiga R. 2018. Towards Achieving Sustainable Access to Safe Water in Rural Uganda. Report submitted College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda, June December 2018

Summer School

  1. “Wealth Inequality Research: Capacity Building in Higher Institutions in Africa” https://lpa.mak.ac.ug/summerschool or https://lpa.mak.ac.ug/staff/dr-resty-naiga

  2. Blog https://www.ifsoblog.de/first-issue-from-africa-exploring-wealth-and-inequality-at-makerere-university-hen-editorial-332/

Keynote speaker webcast

Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Peace in Africa https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/webcast-natural-resources-sustainable-development-and-peace-africa