Department/Unit: Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies
Qualifications: PhD. Urban Geography MSc. Water and Environmental Management MSc. Geography BA. ED. Zambia Institute of Planners
PhD Institution: University of Zambia
PhD dissertation title: The Growth and Function of Small Urban Centres In Zambia: A Case Study of Mazabuka and Kalomo
Current research interests and projects: Participatory Slum Upgrading Urban Transport: Inclusivity of large transport projects
Selected publication 1: Ndebele-Murisa, M.R., C.P. Mubaya, L. Pretorious, R. Mamombe, K.N. Lipinge, W.S. Nchito, J. Mfune, G. Siame, B. Mwalukanga., 2020. “City-to-city learning and knowledge exchange for climate resilience in Southern Africa” PLOS ONE Journals. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227915.
Selected publication 2: Nchito W.S., 2007. ‘Flooding in Unplanned Settlements in Lusaka’, Environment and Urbanisation, 19 (2): 539-551. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247807082835
Selected publication 3: Nchito W. S., 2011. ‘Formalizing Trading Spaces and Places: An Analysis of the Informal Sector in Lusaka, Zambia’, in Banik D. (ed.) The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa, Ashgate: Abingdon, 87-106.
Selected publication 4: Nchito W.S., and G.A. Myers, 2004, ‘Four Caveats for Participatory Solid Waste Management in Lusaka, Zambia’, in Urban Forum, 15 (2), 109-133. 13. Nchito W.S., and G.A. Myers, 2004, ‘Four Caveats for Participatory Solid Waste Management in Lusaka, Zambia’, in Urban Forum, 15 (2), 109-133.
Selected publication 5: Mpembamoto K., Nchito S. W., Siame G. and Wragg E., 2017. Impact of Sector Based Upgrading on Home Based Enterprises: A Case Study of Chaisa Settlement. Environment and Urbanisation, (April 2017). http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956247817701087
Selected publication 6: Chikuta, E., Nchito, W., Wragg, E. and Siame, G.,2017. Implications of Informal Settlement Upgrading on Inclusive Urban Development in the City of Lusaka: The Case of Kalingalinga. Trialogue 128, 1(2017):45-50.
Selected publication 7: Nchito, W. 2022. Analysing the Dual Nature of Responses to (COVID-19) in Lusaka city, in Akhtar, R (Ed). Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks, vaccination, politics and Society. Springer Nature: Cham: 211- 226. ISBN 978-3-031-09432-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09432-3
Selected publication 8: Mutesa F. and Nchito, W.S., 2005, ‘Human Security and Poverty Reduction in Zambia’, Chapter One, in Muloongo K., Kibasomba R. and Kariri J. N., The Many faces of Human Security, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria: 7 -36.
Selected publication 9: Hansen, K. T. and Nchito, W. S., 2013. ‘Where have all the vendors gone? Processes of Boundary Redrawing in Lusaka’s Street Economy’ in Street Economies in the Urban Global South. SAR Press: Santa Fe, 49-69.
Selected publication 10: Nchito W. S., 2010. Migratory Patterns in Small Towns: The Cases of Mazabuka and Kalomo in Zambia, Environment and Urbanisation, 22(1): 91-105. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247810362846.
Capstone assignment title: WHICH WAY IS UP? AN ANALYSIS OF DOCTORAL SUPERVISION IN SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
Capstone assignment abstract: The University of Zambia (UNZA) offers both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications. As the oldest University in the country, it initially concentrated on undergraduate training to supply an educated workforce to the newly independent country. With time the university developed a few postgraduate programmes in some of the schools. The university has not had deliberate policies or plans for postgraduate education. Postgraduate training has generally evolved based on the interests and competencies of individual departments or schools. Historically supervision was not closely monitored and guided by specific guidelines. This chapter considers the practice of supervision in one department in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Zambia and outlines the benefits and pitfalls of the various supervision processes. The chapter provides a brief reflection on the current situation prevailing in the institution and evaluates the recent proposals that have the potential to transform doctoral training. The chapter will also present some of the guidelines that are used for postgraduate training in the university, as they relate to the issues covered in the chapter. Some Schools and individual programmes in the institution are better funded and have stronger collaborative relationships with external institutions that continue to guide and support doctoral training. Other schools have lagged behind and do not have adequate human resources to sustain doctoral training. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies may not be the best example but it represents a unit that has the potential to improve doctoral training in the institution. In my view it lies on the mid-point on the continuum in terms of quality of doctoral training offered at UNZA.
