Dr. David Ssekamatte

Dr. David Ssekamatte is currently a lecturer in monitoring and evaluation at the Uganda Management Institute. Previously, Ssekamatte worked with various education service and health related development organizations as program manager and monitoring and evaluation manager. He has more than 12 years of experience in program management, monitoring and evaluation, research and learning, and management consultancy in education and health sectors, as well as youth and children related programs. His research interests are mainly in the areas of sustainability and climate change education, internationalization of higher education in the African context, higher education management, as well as monitoring and evaluation. Ssekamatte attended various short-term training programs within and outside Uganda on competence-based training and assessment, results-based monitoring and evaluation, outcome and impact evaluation, research methodologies and research management, capacity building and pedagogical skills for lecturers and research supervisors, training of trainers and project planning and management. He holds an MA in economics from the University of Lucknow in India, and a PhD in education and social sciences from Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.

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Current professional activity

• Lecturer in the Department of Management – Uganda Management Institute

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He is currently a consultant and lecturer in monitoring and evaluation at the Uganda Management Institute. Previously, Ssekamatte worked with various education service and health related development organizations as program manager and monitoring and evaluation manager. He has more than 12 years of experience in program management, monitoring and evaluation, research and learning, and management consultancy in education and health sectors, as well as youth and children related programs. His research interests are mainly in the areas of sustainability and climate change education, internationalization of higher education in the African context, higher education management, as well as monitoring and evaluation. Ssekamatte attended various short-term training programs within and outside Uganda on competence-based training and assessment, results-based monitoring and evaluation, outcome and impact evaluation, research methodologies and research management, capacity building and pedagogical skills for lecturers and research supervisors, training of trainers and project planning and management. He holds an MA in economics from the University of Lucknow in India, and a PhD in education and social sciences from Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.

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Publications

University-community engagement opportunities to address climate change issues in an African context. The case of Makerere University, Uganda.

Introduction and background: University-community partnerships have the potential to respond to society’s most pressing needs through engaged scholarship (Pundt & Heilmann, 2020). Because of their independent and science-driven perspective, universities can mediate between different actors such as NGOs and community...

Exploring faculty and student perspectives regarding training and research interventions on climate change and sustainability at Makerere University in Uganda

Introduction: Climate change concerns continue to exert significant impacts across various sectors globally (IPCC, 2022), posing challenges to the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in developing countries (Akinbami & Akinbami, 2017). These challenges extend beyond environmental...