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Dr Julius T Mugwagwa

ESRC Innogen Centre
Development Policy and Practice
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes , MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0) 1908 332 517
Fax: + 44 (0) 1908 654 825
Email: j.t.mugwagwa@open.ac.uk

Position: Leverhulme Research Fellow

Project Title: Crossnational Technology Regulation in Africa

Biography
Julius received undergraduate and postgraduate training in biological sciences and biotechnology in Zimbabwe before attaining a PhD in biotechnology policy at the Open University, looking at cross-national convergence/harmonisation of biosafety systems in southern Africa. He has worked considerably on science and technology issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Research areas:
Science, technology and health innovation, cross-national biotechnology governance, policy convergence, institutional dynamics.

Publications (selected)

Mugwagwa, JT and Outram, SM (2010) (Ed), Special Issue: Agricultural Innovation and food security in Africa: Tracing connections and missing links, Journal of International Development, Vol 22 (3), Wiley-Blackwell.

Mugwagwa, JT (2010). Alone or together? Can cross-national convergence of biosafety systems contribute to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal ofInternational Development, Vol 22 (3), 352 – 366.

Kilonzo, SM and Mugwagwa, JT (2009) Societal beliefs, scientific technologies and HIV/AIDS in Africa: facing the challenge of integrating local communities in Kenya and Zimbabwe, International Journal of Technology Management and SustainableDevelopment, Vol 8 (3), 249 – 264.

Mugwagwa, JT (2009) Collaboration in biotechnology governance: why should African countries worry about those among them that are technologically weak?International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol 8 (3), 265 - 279.

Mugwagwa JT (2009). Ever-changing policy context: the one stable threat to biotechnology governance in Africa, in Lyall C et al (ed). The Limits to governance:The challenge of policy-making for the new life sciences, Ashgate, United Kingdom.

Mugwagwa J T (2009). Interrogating the feasibility of cross-national cooperation in technology governance: the case of biosafety in southern Africa. ESRC Innogen Centre Appropriate Governance of Life Sciences Policy Brief No. 8.

Chataway, J., Hanlin, R., Mugwagwa J. and Muraguri, L (2008). Where are Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) headed and how can THeSyS help them get there? ESRC Innogen Centre Appropriate Governance of Life Sciences Policy Brief No. 6.

Chataway, J., Wield, D., Hanlin, R., Mugwagwa J., Smith, J. and Chatuverdi, K. (2009). Building the Case for Systems of Health Innovation in Africa, in Kalua, F.A., Awotedu, A., Kamwanja, L.A. and J.D.K. Saka (eds). 2009. Science, Technology
and Innovation for Public Health in Africa. Monograph, NEPAD Office of Science and Technology, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.

Chataway, J., Wield, D., Hanlin, R., Mugwagwa J., Smith, J. and Chatuverdi, K. (2009). Technological trends and opportunities to combat diseases of the poor in Africa, in Kalua, F.A., Awotedu, A., Kamwanja, L.A. and J.D.K. Saka (eds). 2009. Science, Technology and Innovation for Public Health in Africa. Monograph, NEPAD Office of Science and Technology, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.

Mugwagwa J T (2008). Multiple understandings of biotechnology policy convergence in southern Africa: implications for theory and practice. ESRC Innogen Working Paper Number 56.

Mnyulwa, D and Mugwagwa J (2005). Agricultural biotechnology in Southern Africa: A Regional Synthesis, in Steven Were Omamo and Klaus von Grebmer, eds., Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Security in Southern Africa (Washington DC, and Harare: IFPRI and FANRPAN).

Papers presented (selected)

Mugwagwa, JT (2010). Alone or together? Can cross-national convergence of biosafety systems contribute to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the International Conference on Agrobiotechnology, Biosafety and Seed Systems in Developing Countries, Kampala, Uganda, March 8 – 11.

Mugwagwa, JT (2009). How can research/science influence policy-making at national and international levels? Presentation at a seminar on Science, Parliaments and Africa, UK Houses of Parliament, November 3. 

Kilonzo, SM and Mugwagwa JT (2009). Societal Beliefs, Scientific Technologies and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Facing the Challenge of Integrating Local Communities in Kenya and Zimbabwe, Development Studies Association Conference, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, September 2 – 4.

Mugwagwa JT (2008). Of cross-national convergence of biosafety systems inthe SADC region: colliding motivations and fears, ESRC Genomics Network Conference, 28 – 29 Oct, Savoy Place, London.

Mugwagwa JT (2008). Cross-national convergence of biosafety systems in the SADC region: colliding motivations and fears, Paper presented at the 1st All Africa Biotechnology Congress, Grand Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 22 – 26 September, 2008.

Mugwagwa JT (2008). Studying cross-national convergence of biosafety systems in Southern Africa: regional context, challenges and realities, IDC Research Students’ Event, 23 April, Open University Mugwagwa JT (2007). Transnational governance of biotechnology: a clash between institutions and a relentless context? Paper presented at the ESRC
Genomics Network Conference, 25 – 26 October, London.

Mugwagwa JT (2007). Beyond rhetoric: how near is convergence of biosafety systems in southern Africa? Paper presented at the Development Studies Association Conference, 18 – 20 September, Sussex.

Mugwagwa JT (2007). Biotechnology policy convergence in southern Africa:an overview. Presentation made at the NEPAD Office of Science and Technology at the end of a 3-month research internship, August 3, Pretoria, South Africa.

Mugwagwa JT (2007). Multiple understandings of biotechnology policy convergence in southern Africa: implications for theory and practice, IDC Research Students’ Event, 28 March.

Clark N and Mugwagwa J T (2007). Trends in technologies for combating diseases of the poor in Africa. Paper presented at a NEPAD Workshop on Health Innovation Systems, July 22, Entebbe, Uganda.

Policy inputs

Mugwagwa, J.T. and Ayele, S (2008). Compliance and dispute settlement mechanisms for biosafety, Issue Paper produced for the African Union’s Human Resources, Science and Technology Unit.

Chataway, J, Wield, D, Hanlin, R, Mugwagwa J T, Smith, J and Chatuverdi, K (2007). Technological Trends and Opportunities to Combat Diseases of the Poor in Africa; A Background Policy Paper prepared for NEPAD in advance of the AMCOST meeting and the African Union Summit January 2007.

Member of Research Team for the AU/NEPAD High Level Panel on Modern Biotechnology which produced the report: Juma, C. and Serageldin, I. (Lead Authors) (2007). Freedom to Innovate: Biotechnology in Africa’s Development, A report of the High-Level African Panel on Modern Biotechnology. African Union (AU) and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Addis Ababa and Pretoria.”

Languages:

English and Shona