Dr. Willis Okumu

Country of current residence

Kenya

Current position

Senior Researcher

Current institute employer

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Since

2017

Website current institute

www.adskenya.org

Awards

Albert-Magnus Scholarship 2010-2012 DAAD/RLC Doctoral Scholarship 2013-2017

Professional memberships

African Good Governance Network (AGGN) ;

Africa Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE)

Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA)

Skills

Conflict Transformation, peace building

Profession

Anthropologist

Specialisation

Social anthropologist

Degrees / expertise

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Master of Arts degree in Culture and Environment in Africa (CEA), University of Cologne, Germany

Professional experience

Worked as a Research Assistant in the Resilience, Collapse and Reorganisation in Socio-Ecological Systems of African Savannas,a research program initiated by the Institute of Ethnology at the University of Cologne and implemented among pastoralists groups in Northwestern Kenya

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Prof. David Anderson

Advisor at ZEF

Dr. Papa Sow

2017

Okumu, W.. 2017. Cattle Raids, Violence and Pastoralists Livelihoods in Northern Kenya-the Case of the Turkana and Samburu Communities. Doctoral Thesis at University of Cologne. Further Information

Okumu, W., K.N. Bukari and P. Sow. 2017. The role of elite rivalry and ethnic politics in livestock raids in northern Kenya. J. of Modern African Studies, 55 (3) : 479-509 .

2014

Okumu, W.. 2014. Conflict over Ltungai Conservancy A Case of Fatal Competition over Grazing Land and Water among the Samburu and Pokot in north-western Kenya. In: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe (eds.): A Delicate Balance Land Use, Minority Rights and Social Stability in the Horn of Africa. Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) Addis Ababa University. 224-245. Download [PDF]

2013

Okumu, W. 2013. Trans-local Peace Building among Pastoralists Communities in Kenya-The Case of Laikipia Peace Caravan. Culture and Environment in Africa Series 3 at University of Cologne. Download [PDF]
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Further Information

Okumu, W. 2013. Mobility in Flux: Pastoral Movements in Kenya. Further Information

Okumu, W. 2013. Drivers of Pastoralists Violence in Northwestern Kenya-Analysis. Further Information

2012

Okumu, W. 2012. Youth-led Peace Caravans and Inter-community Peace-building among Pastoralists in North-western Kenya. Conflict Trends, The African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), South Africa, 4 : 51-56 . Download [PDF]
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Further Information

Okumu, W. 2012. From Ethnic Violence to Seeds of Peace: Pastoralists, Youth and Intercommunity Peacebuilding in Northwestern Kenya. Further Information

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
and Downloads

3b46_Willis Okumu CV.pdf [PDF]

Research themes

Environmental and climate change
Development Politics
Human Rights

Research countries

Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda

Working groups

Governance and Conflict

Professional experience

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Master of Arts degree in Culture and Environment in Africa (CEA), University of Cologne, Germany

Funding institutions

BMZ via DAAD (Right Livelihood College), Foundation Fiat panis

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Prof. David Anderson

Advisor at ZEF

Dr. Papa Sow

Former Junior Researcher

Former Division/Group:

Office E-Mail:
wokumu(at)issafrica.org

Dr. Willis Okumu

2017

2014

2013

2012

Research & Capacity Development

Doctoral Program

Publications

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