Dieudonne Uwizeye

Dr. Dieudonne Uwizeye is a CARTA Cohort 1 person and a faculty member in the Department of Development Studies, School of Social, Political and Administrative Sciences, University of Rwanda. He teaches quantitative-related courses: statistics, demography, gender analysis methodology, and quantitative research methods to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He believes in integrating qualitative (social sciences) and quantitative research methods to provide empirical information that can inform the policymaking process. He holds a PhD in Demography (2015) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, under the scholarship of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA). His research areas include population growth, environmental degradation, and health issues in urban informal settlements. He is also interested in demography and development issues in low- and middle-income countries. Prior to his PhD scholarship, he earned a Master of Arts in English (TESOL) from California Baptist University (2011) and a Master of Arts in Development Studies from Kabale University, Uganda (2009). He obtained his bachelor's degree with honors in Education (2006) from the National University of Rwanda (NUR). He began his academic career as a tutorial assistant in 2007 at Kigali Health Institute, which is now a unit of the University of Rwanda. He speaks and writes English, French, and Swahili fluently, and Kinyarwanda as his native language. He served as the Head of the Department of Sustainable Development at the Centre for Environment, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, University of Rwanda (2010–2012). During this period, he coordinated the development of the centre's seven-year strategic plan (2012–2017). He also coordinated the development of a training manual for farming cooperative managers in Rwanda. The manual was distributed throughout the country with support from Sida/SAREC and has made a significant difference in the management of farming cooperatives in Rwanda.