Dr. Stephen Langole

Senior Lecturer


Stephen Langole (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS) of Gulu University in Nothern Uganda. Dr. Stephen Langole majored in Peace and Conflict Studies for his PhD and holds Master degrees in Peace Education (UPEACE), and in Women Studies (MAK). Stephen is the current Head of Department, Peace and Security Studies of the IPSS and previously served as director of the institute (2016-2020). He was a PI of a research project at the institute «Governing Transitions in Northern Uganda, Trust and Land». He was a coordinator of Community Outreach Peace Project (COPP) of the institute, a senior researcher of Imagining Gender Futures in Northern (IMAGENU) Project of the institute. Currently he is a senior researcher on «Post-conflict Policies and Practices in Northern Uganda: Transitional Justice and Refugees» under the Building Stronger Universities (BSU) Project of Gulu University. He was a member on the Forum on Environmental Justice in Northern Uganda (2018) and was a member of African Studies Association (2014-2016). He was also a member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) (2012).
I am very keen about peacebuilding more broadly but particularly about the transformation of our youth livelihoods while taking care of their diversity. I hope to achieve this through formal and non-formal education, mentorship, research and career guidance. I am also keen about environmental protection and is a director of a company called Premier Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability Initiative with community transformation agenda on the environmental issues.

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Qualifications

Year Faculty/department – University/institution – Country
2017 PhD (Peace and Conflict Studies): – Gulu University, Uganda.
2007

2000

1989

 MA (Peace Education) – United Nations Mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica.

MA (Women Studies), Makerere University, Uganda.

BA (Sociology/Social Administration), Makerere University, Uganda.

Research Interests

Post-cnflict recovery, peacebuilding and conflict mitigation, hunger, famine and food security, land governance, gender justice, environmental justice, genertional relationships in post-conflict recovery, mobility and migration, refugees, child labour and livelihoods.

Publications

Langole, S. Whyte S. R. 2025. Chapter 9 . (2025) . Recognition in Church Weddings in Lotte, Meinert, Julaina A. Obika and Nanna Schneidermann (Ed) Marriage matters: imagining love and belonging in Uganda . London : UCL Press, pp. 197-220. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.24573623.16
Langole, S. Whyte S. R & Whyte M. 2023. Chapter 2 . (2023) . Multiplicity in Lotte Meinert & Susan Reynolds Whyte (Ed.) This land is not for sale. . In: , This Land Is Not For Sale Trust and Transitions in Northern Uganda. Available at: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781805390473/html
Langole, S. and Monk, D. 2020. . (2020) . Background to Peace and Conflict in Northern Uganda . In: Josje van der Linden, Anna Rodrigues-Vase, Mara Kopp, Bleen Abraham & Francesca Dier (Eds), Youth, education and work in (post-) conflict areas
Langole, S. 2014 . (2014) . The Significance of Indigenous Peace building Initiatives as Non-formal Peace Education Systems in Northern Uganda . Journal of International Politics and Development., 12(2), pp. 85-104
Langole, S. 2014 . (2014) . Uncertainty and Disquiet: Urban Youth Transiting into Adulthood in Northern Uganda. In Ovuga . In: E., Obika, J., Olido, K., Opiyo, E. (Eds), Conflict and Peace Studies in Africa. Peace and Peacebuilding: Enhancing Human Security, pp. 163-189
Langole, S. 2012 . (2012) . Land Accessibility, Ownership and Retention by Resettled Acholi Women in Northern Uganda . In: E., Obika, J., Opiyo, E., Olido, K. (Eds) , Peace and peace building concepts and perceptions in Northern Uganda, pp. 58-75
Langole, S. 2010 . (2010) . Peace Education for Inter-ethnic and Inter-cultural Solidarity in Uganda: A Curriculum Agenda. World Council for Curriculum and Instruction . International Journal for Curriculum and Instruction, pp. 56-72
Langole, S. 2009 . (2009) . A Nílus vize, mint a konfliktusok megoldásának potenciális elősegítője In Afrika ma – Tradíció, átalakulás, fejlődés Kiadó: Publikon Kiadó . Hungarian Journal

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Membership of Academic Associations:

  • Member Forum on Environmental Justice in Northern Uganda (2018)
  • UNESCO Chair Supervisor of Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education (2017)
  • European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 2012.
  • African Studies Association (ASA), 2014, 2016)
  • Representative Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies – Gulu University Academic Staff Association (GUASA), 2018.

Key Project Experiences

  • Senior Researcher, Imagining Gender Futures in Uganda (IMAGENU) Project (2019 –2024)
  • Principal Investigator of Gulu University TrustLand Project (2014 – 2017)
  • Coordinator, Gulu University Community Outreach Peace Project (COPP) (2008-2012)

Consultancies
I have been a consultant on “The Nature of Land Conflicts in Nwoya District” for ZOA, an NGO (2015); and part of consultant on “Youth Taxonomy and Youth Vulnerability in Acholi Sub-region for the UN Resident Coordination Office (2010); on “Learning on Gender in Africa (LOGiCA) under World Bank/CARE project (2011) and on the “Worst Forms of Child Labour in Southern Sudan” for the University of Bradford/ ILO (2009) and on “Mapping Humanitarian Assistance in Lira District” for the World Food Programme (2009). Others were expert assignments for COMESA: “Conflict Vulnerability Assessment and Early Warning System for Ethiopia (2010); “War Economies in COMESA Region” (2008); Methodologies and Formulae for Calculating Costs of Conflict in COMESA Region (2007).