Eddy MAZEMBO

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đź“Ť Strasbourg, France

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Political Science Researcher & Lecturer — PhD, University of the Witwatersrand

Professor Mazembo Mavungu Eddy is a political scientist currently affiliated with Université Président Joseph Kasa-Vubu (Kongo Central, DRC). He is also an associate researcher at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel (Switzerland), and at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg (South Africa). He is based in Strasbourg, France.

Education

  • PhD in Political Science — University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2007-2011). Thesis: “Frontiers of prosperity and power: explaining provincial boundary disputes in post-apartheid South Africa”.
  • Master’s degree in Political Studies — University of the Witwatersrand (2005-2006), dissertation awarded a distinction: “Social capital, economic performance and political engagement: a study of Congolese networks in Central Johannesburg”.
  • BA Honours in Philosophy, summa cum laude — Kimwenza Faculty of Philosophy, Kinshasa (1998-2003). Research report: “Le thĂ©orème d’indĂ©cidabilitĂ©, son corollaire, et leur signification philosophique”.

Research domains and interests

Political science, international relations, political philosophy and epistemology, social and political history, political geography, economics and social development. Specific interests: democratic theory; politics of borders, mobility and immigration; African politics; social development; gender; social capital; local government; federalism; conflict resolution; social science research methods and digital humanities; comparative politics (South Africa, Switzerland, Congo and other African countries); citizenship, ethnicity and rights.

Academic career

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, History Department and Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland (2013-2014)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg (since 2011)
  • Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand (January-June 2011)
  • Research Manager, Volunteering and Service Enquiry in Southern Africa (VOSESA) (April-July 2011)
  • Research Associate, Centre for African Studies, University of Basel (April-June 2010)
  • Research Consultant, VOSESA (2008)
  • Tutor, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand (2006-2010)
  • Mentor for MA students, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, then UNISA, University of the Witwatersrand (2008-2013)
  • Public Information Assistant (Internship), United Nations Information Centre, Pretoria (2005)
  • Editor of the philosophy review “Raison Ardente”, Kimwenza Faculty of Philosophy (2002-2003)
  • Assistant Editor of “Afrique d’EspĂ©rance” magazine (2000-2001)

Honours and awards

  • Swiss Federal Excellence Scholarship for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2013)
  • National Research Fund Post-doctoral fellowship, South Africa (2012)
  • Exceptional Skills Work Permit, South Africa (2010)
  • PhD research project selected for funding by the French Institute of South Africa through a competitive process
  • Postgraduate merit scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand (2005 to 2010)
  • UPEACE-IDRC PhD Research Award, University for Peace, Addis Ababa (2008) — one of 8 recipients out of 100 applicants from African universities
  • Selected member of the Swiss-South African Joint Research Project (2009)
  • Highest matric score in his home province, Bas-Congo (1994)

Publications

Book chapters

  • “How does the Child Support Grant affect father participation in parenting?” (with F. Brills and M. Beernink), in Leila P. & Ulriksen M. S., Learning from below: Citizens, Community & State Action for Development, HSRC Press.
  • “Fatherhood and Gender Equality: Lessons from experiences of absent fathers in Gauteng, South Africa”, in M. Flood and R. Rownson (eds), Engaging men in building gender equality, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
  • “Difficile autonomie”, in Ambroise Kom (dir.), Fabien Eboussi Boulaga: la philosophie du Muntu, Karthala, Paris, 2009, pp. 61-77.

Journal articles (selection)

  • “Provider Expectations and father involvement: learning from experiences of poor “absent fathers” in Gauteng, South Africa”, African Sociological Review, 2013, Vol. 17, No 1, pp. 65-78.
  • “Stay in power whatever it takes: fraud and repression in the 2011 elections in the D.R. Congo”, Journal of African Elections, 2013, Vol. 12, No 3.
  • “Ideological clashes behind provincial boundary disputes in post-apartheid South Africa”, South African Journal of Geography, Vol. 94, No 1, pp. 60-74, 2012.
  • “The colonial legacy of international voluntary service” (co-author), Community Development Journal, 2012, 48(2), pp. 179-196.
  • “Frontiers of prosperity and power: explaining provincial boundary disputes in post-apartheid South Africa”, African Studies Review.
  • About ten political philosophy articles published in the review Raison Ardente (Kinshasa, 1999-2003), covering political negotiation in the DRC, Wittgenstein and Frege’s epistemology, civil disobedience, and economic rationality in Africa.

Research institute reports

  • “”So, we are ATM fathers”: A study of Absent Fathers in Johannesburg, South Africa”, Centre for Social Development in Africa & Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2013.
  • Liberia, Cape Verde and Burundi country profiles, commissioned by the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria (2007).
  • “Youth violence in the SADC region”, Southern Trust, Johannesburg (2009).

Conference papers (selection): Border Regions in Transition Conference, Arras-Mons (2014); First Spring Law Conference, UNISA (2013); colloquium on African Elections, UNISA (2013); bi-annual conference of the Society of South African Geographers, Cape Town (2012); Swiss-South African Joint Research Project, Johannesburg (2012); “Negotiated Democracies”, University of Basel (2010); University for Peace, Addis Ababa (2010 and 2008); Democratization in Africa Conference, University of Leeds (2009).

đź“š The full, up-to-date list of his publications is available on his Academia.edu page: johannesburg.academia.edu/MazemboMavungu

Skills

  • Research project management and scientific/financial report writing
  • Designing and conducting quantitative surveys (SPSS, Epi Info)
  • Conducting and analysing qualitative interviews with Atlas.ti
  • Data analysis and visualisation using Python and Ruby libraries
  • Digital humanities methodologies
  • Academic supervision and cross-disciplinary teamwork

Expertise

Political science, international relations, borders and migration, social development, social science research methods

Services offered

  • Advanced research and consultancy in political science, international relations and public policy
  • Analysis of conflict, borders, mobility and migration in Africa
  • Design and delivery of research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, digital humanities)
  • Drafting expert reports, policy briefs and scientific publications
  • Academic supervision and mentorship (dissertations, theses)
  • Training in research methods and digital humanities