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

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. Julaina A. Obika

Senior Lecturer 		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
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
Laloyo, S. (2023). . (2023) . Women, land rights, and livelihoods in Amuru district . Available at: https://makir.mak.ac.ug/handle/10570/12349
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Munro, P. G., Bartlett, A. L., Dhizaala, J. T., Laloyo, S. A., Oswin, S. O., & Walker, S. (2019) . (2019) . International fieldschool reciprocity: using a whole-of-university approach to create positive change in Northern Uganda . Higher Education Research & Development, [online] Volume 38(7), pp. 1461-1474. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07294360.2019.1657071#abstract
Munro, P. G., Bartlett, A. L., Dhizaala, J. T., Laloyo, S. A., Oswin, S. O., & Walker, S. (2019 . (2019) . International fieldschool reciprocity: using a whole-of-university approach to create positive change in Northern Uganda . Higher Education Research & Development, 38(7), pp. 1461-1474
Apecu, L. S. (2018). . (2018) . Gender, land rights and fragility in Northern Uganda: the case of Amuru District . A Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, [online] Volume 6, pp. 184-195. Available at: https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/2335
Obika Julaina A, Ovuga Emilio . (2018) . “I Forgive to Forget”: Implications for Community Restoration and Unity in Northern Uganda . Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, [online] Volume 4(1). Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jacaps/vol4/iss1/5
Apecu, L. S. (2018) . (2018) . Gender, land rights and fragility in Northern Uganda: the case of Amuru District . Globe: A Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 6, pp. 184-195
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
Julaina A. Obika, Ben Adol Otto, Sulayman Mpisi Babiiha, Michael Whyte . (2017) . Contesting claims to gardens and land Gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda . In: , Contested Property Claims

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