Mrs Rudo Phiri

Rudo Phiri is an accomplished academic, researcher, lecturer, and university administrator with over 15 years of experience at the University of Zambia (UNZA). She has served in various academic and leadership capacities, including as Assistant Dean in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her academic and research interests include Development Studies, governance, education, social protection, and development policy. She has published several scholarly articles and contributed a book chapter to The Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy, reflecting her contribution to scholarship and development discourse in Zambia. She has also worked with several local and international organisations as a researcher on a number of projects. Since October 2023, she has served as Assistant Director–Undergraduate at the Institute of Distance Education (IDE), University of Zambia, where she provides leadership and coordination for undergraduate distance education programmes. Her responsibilities include academic programme administration, student support, quality assurance, admissions, examinations, residential schools, and coordination of academic activities. She is passionate about promoting accessible, quality, and responsive higher education and remains committed to using teaching, research, and academic leadership to contribute to education, institutional development, and broader national development.

Courses Taught

DEV 2250 Political and Socio-Economic Change in Developing Countries

DEV 9050 Civil Society and Development

DEV 9010 Urbanization and Development