Sarah Ssali is an Associate Prof. and Dean School of Women and Gender Studies, and the Director Centre of Excellence in Notions of Identity at Makerere University. She is a Social Scientist with a PhD in International Health Studies. She is an experienced researcher with vast experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods including surveys, social networks analysis, ethnographic methods, life histories, narratives, to mention a few. She has researched and published in the area of public policy, health systems, health financing, HIV and AIDS, post conflict settings, hidden behaviours and the oppressed minorities in society. Gender and ethical issues have been overarching principles in all her research.
She also teaches Research Methods, Politics, Public Policy and the State from a gender perspective, as well as Fundamentals of Social Science and Health, highlighting gender relations in policy and practice, effects of policy and how policy shapes identities and citizenship. She has been involved in several research projects and consortia funded by UKRI, MRC, WHO and Makerere University, where she has played different roles as Principal or co-investigator and researcher. Sarah Ssali has and continues to serve on several institutional, local and international governing and advisory boards. Prominently, she is a member of the Makerere University Council, serving on the prominent HR committee of the Appointments Board. She has also chaired the Staff Development and Welfare Committee, the Quality Assurance, Gender and ICT Committee, as well as the Students Affairs Committee. Additionally, she served on the Audit and the Finance, Planning and Administration committees of the University Council.
Beyond Makerere University, she is a member of the Uganda Institute of Bankers Senate, and a member of the National Curriculum and Development Centre Governing Council.
She has also served on several international boards such as Serving on these committees has enabled her to contribute to quality in Human Resource systems of the University as it embarks on becoming research-led.
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I am currently teaching the following courses:
Undergraduate Courses I teach in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences:
GAD 2105: Gender the State and Civil SocietyPost graduate courses I teach in the School of Women and Gender Studies:
GS 7101: Theoretical Perspectives of Gender and Development
GS 7103: Research Methods
GS 7204: Gender the State and Public Policy
GS 7205: Gender and Development Management
GS 7207: Gender, Institutions and Social Transformation