About Prof. Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIOS

Prof. Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala is the 3rd Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University Professor of Pan-African Studies and a Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam from 2006 to 2017. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts [Hons.] Degree (International Relations and Administration) and Masters Degree in Development Management from the University of Dar es Salaam, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a Certificate in New Institutional Economics. He was awarded the Peter Odegard Prize as the Most Distinguished Candidate for the Doctorate in Political Science at Berkeley. Upon completion of his PhD, he returned to the University of Dar es Salaam as Senior Lecturer and rose rapidly through the ranks and was promoted to the Professoriate in 1993. He teaches Organization Theory, Public Administration and Comparative Politics, and democratic governance.

EXPERTISE

Comparative Politics, Democratic Governance, Public Administration, and Electoral Studies.

Professor Mukandala has carried out research in many countries in Africa, Europe and USA and published on Comparative Politics, African Political Economy, African Politics, Aid and Development, and Democratic Governance in many African countries. He has also consulted widely on these and other related issues for the Government of Tanzania, International Organizations and Development partners. He has carried out similar or related work for International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); SWISS Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations University (Tokyo). He has published many books, articles in International and Local Journals.

PUBLICATION

Author of 71 books, Articles in Journals, Chapters in books, and Monographs and numerous journal articles.

Latest book: The Political Economy of Change in Tanzania: Contestations over Identity, the Constitution, and Resources.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Peter Odegard Award for the Most Distinguished Candidate for the Doctorate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley U.S.A. 1984.

German Scholarship for higher studies in Africa (DAAD) to pursue M.A. studies at the University of Dar es Salaam 1976-77.
•Ford Foundation Research Award 1979 (The 5th Research Fellowships competition for Eastern and Southern Africa), Nairobi, Kenya.

Fulbright Award to pursue Graduate Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A, 1981-1987.
•John L. Simpson Research Award Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley 1984.

Research Award for fieldwork for Ph.D. in Botswana and Tanzania Swedish Agency for Research and Economic Cooperation (SAREC) Stockholm, Sweden 1985.

Research Award for fieldwork for Ph.D. in Botswana and Tanzania, Institute for the Study of World Politics, New York USA 1986.
•Gray Senior Fellowship for study of cooperative organizations in Tanzania, Africa Development Foundation, Washington D.C. 1992-1995