Assoc. Prof. Komakech Daniel
Associate Professor
Komakech Daniel, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy and the Chief, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training, Gulu University. He has been a former Director for the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, Gulu University for eight (8) years. He formerly taught in the Department of Philosophy, Makerere University for four (4) years. He has also been a Visiting Scholar with Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda for three (3) years, a Reader and Senior Fellow with United Nations Mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica and Africa Programme under the Great Lakes Region Programme for three (3) years. He is a Co-Editor, Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press, Guest Editor, Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation (renamed: African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies), Nominated Section Editor for Sage – Open. He is also a Reviewer for Routledge (Taylor &Francis Group) – Social Sciences and Humanities, Reviewer with International Journal for Transitional Justice (IJTJ), Reviewer with Nordic Journal of African Studies. He is currently a tenured External Examiner for the Department of Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University. He is also an External Mentor for Students, School for International Training (SIT) – World Learning), Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
Has been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow under Imagining Gender Futures in Uganda (IMAGENU), DANIDA Fellowship, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Conflict and Development Studies University of Ghent, Belgium, 2018 and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB) – University of Antwerp, Belgium in the Research Project; “Governance and Post-conflict Reconstruction in Northern Uganda”, funded by VLIR-UOS, September – November, 2017. He is a Member of African Philosophy Society. Visit Youtube Channel