Esther Acio

Lecturer

Ms. Esther Acio is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, Gulu University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Peace and Security Studies at Gulu University. Esther also holds a Master of Arts in Peace and Governance from Africa University in Zimbabwe, and a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict studies, governance, and issues of gender. She is involved in teaching and supervising students’ dissertations at the Institute. Ms. Acio also engages in community outreach and research, which she has conducted across different districts in the Greater North.

Qualifications

Institution Period Degree obtained
Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe

 

 2006-2008 Master of Arts in Peace and Governance (MPG)
Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Kampala, Uganda.

 

 

 2002-2005  
   

Research Interests

My research interests include land governance issues, the youth, post-conflict reconstruction, peace-building, and refugee-host relations.

Publications

Esther Acio, Lioba Lenhart, and Susan Reynolds Whyte. 2023 . (2023) . Generations in This Land Is Not for Sale: Trust and Transitions in Northern Uganda, Lotte Meinert and Susan Reynolds Whyte (eds) . Integration and Conflict Studies, 27. New Yor: Berghahn Books
Whyte, Susan Reynolds, and Esther Acio. 2017 . (2017) . Generations and Access to Land in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”’ , pp. 17–36
Obika, J., Acio, E., and Ovuga, E. (2013). . (2013) . Forgiveness As a Strategy to Attain Peace and Reconciliation from the Individual Level to the Community Level in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda. In ‘Perspectives of Peace Building in Northern Uganda . By United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uganda

Projects

Supervision

I have supervised 8 master’s students’ dissertations and 10 undergraduate students.

More Information

Esther is also a member of and represents the Institute in the following; University Senate; EMIC committee; Ceremonies committee; GUASA Executive committee; and is as well, the Internship Coordinator at the Institute.