Job Mwaura

PdRF | Focus: Knowledge activism – strengthening African publishing and dissemination · Open Society Foundations + HUMA + LASPAD

Job Mwaura completed his doctoral studies at the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. He holds a MSc in Communication and Journalism from Moi University, Kenya. His research interests include digital media in Africa, African studies, digital activism, digital cultures and social justice. He has taught journalism and media studies at Moi University and Wits University; he also worked as a researcher at the University of Sussex, UK, and the Kenyan government. He is an alumnus of the "Next Generation of Social Sciences in Africa" program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in New York, US. He has published and co-published peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and other non-scientific articles.