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Lupa Ramadhani

Senior Lecturer

College of Social Sciences

Political Science and Public Administration

Biography

Dr. Lupa Ramadhani holds a PhD in International Relations from University College Dublin, Ireland and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts conferred by the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a veteran academic with over twenty years of teaching, research, consultancy and public service. Currently he is Senior Lecturer and from October 2024 has been serving as the Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam. His main research interests include identity politics, conflict and conflict resolution, African international politics, and the democratisation processes in Africa, areas in which he has widely researched and published in reputable journals. Dr. Ramadhani previously served as Director in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for six years and before as Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Social Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Ramadhani has a rich rapporteur of practical experience in democratisation in Tanzania having served for over fifteen years in various positions within the Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania (REDET), an organisation that worked passionately in this area through research, civic education, public engagement, organising countrywide discussion forums and the annual state of politics conferences in Tanzania as well as workshops in the transitions to democracy in East Africa. He was also the founding Chairperson of the East and Horn of Africa Election Observers Network, based in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together citizen election observation organisations from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Dr. Ramadhani is a guest lecturer at the National Defence College, Tanzania.

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Journal Articles

Ramadhani, Lupa (2023) “Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Regional Integration in East Africa”. The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, Vol. 50, No. 3. pp. 352-370.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2017) “Identity Politics and Conflicts in Zanzibar”. The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, Vol. 44, No. 2.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2017) “Religious Tolerance, Political Dynamics and the State in Tanzania”, The Tanzania Journal of Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 1.

 

Baregu, Mwesiga and Ramadhani, Lupa (2005) “Peace and Conflict in the Great Lakes Region Since 2004” Conflict Trends (ACCORD), Vol. 2.

 

Book Chapters

Ramadhani, Lupa (2023) “Zanzibar na Muungano: Urithi wa Mwalimu Nyerere”, in Mukandala, R. and Lawi, Y. (eds) Miaka 20 Baada ya Mwalimu Nyerere, Dar es Salaam, Mkuki na Nyota.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2015) “Religious Tolerance, Political Dynamics and the State in Tanzania”, in Mukandala, Rwekaza (ed) The Political Economy of Change in Tanzania: Contestations over Identity, the Constitutions and Resources. Dar es Salaam, DUP.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2007) “Usimamizi wa Uchaguzi na Uimarishaji wa Demokrasia” in Uchaguzi na Ukomavu wa Demokrasia Tanzania, REDET Publications No. 14.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa and Ahmed, Rasul (2008) “Ongezeko la Wanachama wa Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki: Manufaa na Changamoto” in Uwezekano wa Kuanzishwa kwa Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki, REDET Publications No. 16.

 

Working Papers

Ramadhani, Lupa (2025) “The Political Economy of Migration in Zanzibar” Paper presented virtually at a Seminar organized by Africa Research Center at Tsinghua University's Institute for International and Area Studies

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2023) “Return of the Military and the Future of African Democratisation”. Paper presented at the 14th Mwalimu J. K. Nyerere Intellectual Festival, held at the University of Dar es Salaam from 26th to 27th June 2023

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2022) “Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and the Making of Tanzania”. Paper presented at the Isaria Kimambo History Seminar Series Book Project: History of Postcolonial Tanzania held at the Council Chamber, University of Dar es Salaam, 20-21 July 2022.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2021) “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Deepening East African Integration Project”. Paper presented at the Workshop: Exploring Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on African States’ International Relations and Regional Integration in East Africa. University of Dar es Salaam, 24th November 2021.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2019) “Zanzibar and the Union: the Legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere” Paper presented at the Mwalimu Nyerere Commemorative Conference, Nkrumah Hall, University of Dar es Salaam, 10th October 2019.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2016) “Election Funding, Corruption, and Identity Politics” Paper presented at the 7th Convocation Symposium of the University of Dar es Salaam: “Reflections on Post-2015 Tanzania General Elections: Experience, Lessons and the Way Forward”, Nkrumah Hall, University of Dar es Salaam, 22nd January, 2016.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2015) “Appreciating the political context in Tanzania and its likely impact to the 2015 general elections”. Paper presented at the CEMOT Deliberative Workshop, Kunduchi Beach Hotel, 3-5 September. 

 

Ramadhani, Lupa Todd, Jennifer and Walsh, Paul, (2011) “Patterns of Conflict in the Great Lakes Region”; UCD Geary Institute, WP2011/18.

 

Ramadhani, Lupa (2010) “Identity Politics and Complexities of Conflict Resolution in Zanzibar”; IBIS Discussion Paper Number 2.