Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies

Dr. Stella Laloyo Apecu
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The Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS) of Gulu University was founded in 2007 at a critical turn in northern Uganda when a cessation of hostilities agreement was in place and formally internally displaced communities had begun to return home. IPSS is strategically placed to lead in research, publications, collaborations and community engagement in the areas of peacebuilding, peace education, transitional justice, gender studies, human rights, refugees, migrations and conflict transformation.

Staff Members

Dr. Stella Laloyo Apecu

Acting Chief- IPSS 		Ph.D. (Makerere University), MA. (UN University) View Profile

Dr. Julaina A. Obika

Associate Professor 		PhD (GU), MA(Conflict Transformation Studies),(NMMU ) , BA(Social Sciences)(MAK) View Profile

Otto Ben Adol

Deputy Chief and Lecturer 		PhD (GU), M.A. (UzK), B.A. (MAK) View Profile

Dr. Stephen Langole

Senior Lecturer 		PhD (Gulu University, 2017), MA Peace Education (UPEACE, 2007), MA (Women Studies, (MAK, 2000), BA (Social Sciences, MAK, 1989). View Profile

Dr. Tenywa Aloysius Malagala

Senior Lecturer 		Ph.D. (Essex University, UK), Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management (UMI), LLM (Essex University, UK), Licentiate in Civil Law (Pontifical Lateran University, Rome), B.A. Theology (Urbaniana University, Rome). View Profile

Esther Acio

Lecturer 		M.A. (Africa University, Zimbabwe), B.A. (Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi, Uganda) View Profile

Adong Lucy Sarah

Administrative Secretary 		BA (Gulu University) & Dip. (Gulu University) View Profile

Adong Alice

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Publications

Jessie, A., & Apecu, S. (2026) . (2026) . A Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Analysis from Northern Uganda. East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies . East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 9, pp. 303-316
Rubangangeyo, O., & Apecu, S. (2026) . (2026) . Contested Landscapes: Environmental Resource Tensions Between Refugees and Host Communities in Ayilo I & II, Adjumani District, Uganda . International Journal of Advanced Research, 9(1), pp. 126-140
Apecu, L. S., & Zabibu, N. (2026) . (2026) . The Role of Parenting in the Proliferation of Street Children: Evidence from River Oli Division, Arua City, Uganda . Open Access Library Journal, 13
Mogensen, H. O., & Obika, J. A. (2025) . (2025) . Moving ahead through confinement: Ugandan women working in the Middle East . Journal of Eastern African Studies, pp. 1–18
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
Meinert, L., Obika, J. A., & Schneidermann, N. (Eds.). (2025) . (2025) . Marriage matters: Imagining love and belonging in Uganda . Available at: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/marriage-matters/
Schneidermann, N., Obika, J. A., & Meinert, L. (2025) . (2025) . Marriage matters in Uganda: An introduction . In: L. Meinert, J. A. Obika, & N. Schneidermann (Eds.), , Marriage matters: Imagining love and belonging in Uganda
Obika, J.A. (2024) . (2024) . Partnership and labour migration: Ugandans in the Middle East
Laloyo, S. (2023). . (2023) . Women, land rights, and livelihoods in Amuru district . Available at: https://makir.mak.ac.ug/handle/10570/12349
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
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
Obika, J. A., & Mogensen, H. O. (2023) . (2023) . Gender . In: L. Meinert & S. R. Whyte (Eds.),, This land is not for sale: Trust and transitions in Northern Uganda
Otto, B. A., Whyte, M., & Whyte, S. R. (2023) . (2023) . Belonging . In: L. Meinert & S. R. Whyte (Eds.), This land is not for sale: Trust and transitions in northern Uganda , pp. 138 - 154
Daniel Komakech . (2022) . Dragging the finishing of Marua* Discrete Performance among Re-Displaced Former Lord’s Resistance Female Returnees in Gulu Cityscape . African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 9(2), pp. 119-137
Obika, J. A. (2022) . (2022) . Intimate enemies and intimate allies: Land conflicts and microreconciliation after war in Northern Uganda . Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(10), pp. 482–496
Laloyo, S. A., & Tabitha, M. (2022) . (2022) . Women, Land tenure Security and Livelihoods in Amuru District . African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 5(1), pp. 183-199
Obika, J. A. (2022) . (2022) . The intimate governance of land in Northern Uganda . Nordic Journal of African Studies, 31(2), pp. 136–152
Branch, A., Agyei, F. K., Anai, J. G., Apecu, S. L., Bartlett, A., Brownell, E., ... & Tiitmamer, N. (2022) . (2022) . From crisis to context: Reviewing the future of sustainable charcoal in Africa . Energy Research & Social Science, 87
Obika, J. A. (2020) . (2022) . The securitisation of the COVID-19 pandemic: Governing the animus of publics in Uganda . Journal of European Studies of the European Community Studies Association (ECSA), pp. 103–125
Laloyo, S. A., & Tabitha, M. (2022) . (2022) . Women, Land tenure Security and Livelihoods in Amuru District . African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, [online] Volume 5(1), pp. 183-199. Available at: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334480/?v=pdf

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