Doctor of Peace and Conflict Studies, UPEACE Headquarters

Listed by graduation order.

• Mihir Kanade (India). Dissertation title: The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights: A Governance Space Theory on Linkages
• Lucio Sarandrea (Italy). Dissertation title: Improving Rule of Law Assistance Projects in Transitional Countries. Towards a New Model of International Assistance Based on Practitioners’ Experiences
• Wyclife Ong’eta Mose (Kenya). Dissertation title: Violent Conflict and Development in West Pokot County, Kenya
• Dramame Ouattara (Cote d’Ivoire). Dissertation title: Electoral Systems Engineering and Political Reconciliation in Africa: Lessons from South Africa and Cote d’Ivoire
• Mariateresa Garrido V. (Venezuela). Dissertation title: The Right to Freedom of Expression in the Digital Era. Limitations v. Protection in the Case of Venezuelan Citizen Journalists
• Carl Lawson (United States). Dissertation title: Peace Is Not the Word to Play – An Examination of Hip-Hop as a Peace Movement and Instrument for Peace & Social Justice
• Jana Lozanoska (Macedonia). Dissertation title: Hannah Arendt’s Political Theory: As Rethinking of Human Rights with Human Dignity as Their Basis
• Kabiito Bendicto (Uganda). Dissertation title: Culture, Resources, and the Gun in the Violent-Conflict Causation: Understanding the Karamoja Conflict
• Dinoo Mathew (India). Dissertation title: Inclusive Peace, Gender Equity, and Political Parties: Formation of Peace in Kerala (1950 – 2010)
• Britney Villhauer (United States). Dissertation title: Critical Indigenous Approaches to the Decolonization of Environmental Management through REDD+ in the Bribri Territory of KéköLdi, Costa Rica: Creating Positive Peace
• Natacha John (United Kingdom). Dissertation title: The Humanitarian Witness: Introducing the Human Rights-Based Needs Assessment Through the Lens of the Syrian Crisis (2011-2014)
• Jan Breitling (Germany). Dissertation title: The Political Ecology of Forest Cover Change: Costa Rica’s Forest Transition Revisited
• Mumbua Simon (Kenya). Dissertation title: The Confluence of Ideas in Catholic Social Teaching Tenets and Theory/Practice of Peace Education in the Catholic University of East Africa, Kenya: Signs, Prospects and Implications
• Fereschta Sahrai (Germany). Dissertation title: Just Inclusive Peace Processes?! Transcending Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches for Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan

Doctor of Philosophy with Specialization in Peace, Governance and Development, African Regional Programme

• Mohamed Farah Hersi. Dissertation title: The Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Horn of Africa: The Role of IGAD (1986-2019)
• Nasir Mohamed Ali. Dissertation title: The Implications of State Fragility on Migration in Somaliland: 1991 to 2017
• Mohamed A. Mohamoud (Barawani). Dissertation title: Understanding the Interplay of Three Trajectories: Democracy, Clan, and Islam in the State-Building Process of Somaliland
• Abdullahi Odowa. Dissertation title: Negotiating Security Governance in Galkayo, Somalia
• Mohamed Osman Mohamoud. Dissertation title: An Analysis of Somalia’s Post Conflict State Building Process and Narrative of Youth Alienation
• Ridwaan Hassan Abdi. Dissertation title: An Analysis of the International Community’s Localization Agenda in Aid Delivery in Somalia
• Mohamed Aden Jimale. Dissertation title: Terror Attacks and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Somalia
• Hassan Abdullahi Dahie. Dissertation title: An Analysis of the Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare Service Delivery in Somalia
• Abdullahi Ali Hayle. Dissertation title: An Analysis of Somalia’s Health System and its implications for Sustainable Health Governance
• Jamaludin Mustafa Omar. Dissertation title: The Interplay Between Electoral and Non- Electoral Factors in Somalia’s Elections: Implications on Continuity
• Hamdi Ismail Abdullahi. Dissertation title: An Appraisal of Legal and Policy Framework of Somaliland Plural Justice System
• Barkhard Kaariye. Dissertation title: Somaliland’s Indigenous Post-Conflict Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Approach: Challenges and Experiences
• Mohamed Abukar Islow. Dissertation title: An Analysis of Security Governance in Post-Conflict Somalia: Prospects and Challenges
• Fardowsa Ahmed Gambol. Dissertation title: An Assessment of Youth Participation in the Peacebuilding Process in Galkacyo, Somalia
• Abdirizak Omar Mohamed. Dissertation title: Evaluating the Challenges to Post-conflict Peace and State-Building in Somalia
• Abdirahman Mohamed Ali (Adle). Dissertation title: Managing Migration Through Visa Processes: The Impact of Business Visas on Foreign Investment and Employment in Somalia
• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Dissertation title: Examining the Challenges of Clan Politics in State Building: A Case Study of Somalia
• Hussein Sheikh Mohamoud. Dissertation title: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Somalia: Implications for Good Governance
• Sied Muhumed Jibril. Dissertation title: Exploring the Security and Socio-Economic Development Nexus in Somaliland: 1991-2018
• Hassan Abdi Abdulahi. Dissertation title: Managing Cross Border Security in the Horn of Africa: The Case of Ethiopia-Somaliland Border