Mudimu, George
Dr George Tonderai Mudimu
Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Researcher
Specialization
Agricultural policy economics
Work areas
- Land
- Agriculture
- Rural development
- Political Economy
Regional expertise
- Africa
Vita
| since 12/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Researcher in the Research Department "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" |
| 11/2022-12/2023 | Marondera University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, (MUAST), Marondera, Zimbabwe Senior Lecturer Department of Development Sciences |
| 7/2020-12/2022 | PLAAS, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa Post- Doctoral Researcher - SARChl Chair on Land , Poverty and Agrarian Studies, Professor Ruth Hall |
| 1/2018-9/2018 | Sam Moyo African Institute of Agrarian Studies (SMAIS), Harare, Zimbabwe Research Intern |
| 9/2017-8/2018 | International Poverty Reduction Centre of China (IPRCC), Beijing, China Research Fellow |
Member of
- Since 1/2022 Book Review Co- Editor The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Since 5/2022 Senior Editor – Cogent Journal of Social Studies
- Since 2019 Member – Collective of Agrarian Scholar –Activists from the Global South (CASAS)
- Since 2022 Member - International Development Associates (IDEAS)
- Since 9/2023 Research Fellow- INTI International University, Malaysia
Refereed Publications
- Mazwi, Freedom / George Mudimu / Kirk Helliker (2022)
Capital penetration and the subordination of the peasantry under neoliberalism in Africa
in: Freedom Mazwi / George Mudimu / Kirk Helliker, Capital Penetration and the Peasantry in Southern and Eastern Africa, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 3-24 - Mazwi, Freedom / George Tonderai Mudimu / Kirk Helliker (eds.) (2022)
Capital penetration and the peasantry in Southern and Eastern Africa: neoliberal restructuring
Cham: Springer International Publishing - Batisai, Kezia / George T. Mudimu (2021)
Revisiting the politics of land recovery among white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe: implications for transitional justice
in: International Journal of Transitional Justice 15 (2), 370-385 - Mudimu, George T. / Ting Zuo / Ashfaq Ahmad Shah / Nkumbu Nalwimba / Abdou Matsalabi Ado (2020)
Land leasing in a post-land reform context: insights from Zimbabwe
in: GeoJournal 86, 2927-2943 - Chipato, Fadzai / Libin Wang / Ting Zuo / George T. Mudimu (2020)
The politics of youth struggles for land in post-land reform Zimbabwe
in: Review of African Political Economy 47 (163), 59-77 - Mudimu, George T. / Ting Zuo / Nkumbu Nalwimba (2020)
Inside an enclave: the dynamics of capitalism and rural politics in a post-land reform context
in: The Journal of Peasant Studies 49 (1), 101-128 - Mazwi, Freedom / Walter Chambati / George T. Mudimu (2020)
Tobacco contract farming in Zimbabwe: power dynamics, accumulation trajectories, land use patterns and livelihoods
in: Journal of Contemporary African Studies 38 (1), 55-71 - Mazwi, Freedom / Abel Chemura / George T. Mudimu / Walter Chambati (2019)
Political economy of command agriculture in Zimbabwe: a state-led contract farming model
in: Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy 8 (1-2), 232-257
Non-refereed Publications
- Inacio da Cunha, Marcelo / George T. Mudimu (2024)
The new EU Deforestation Regulation: towards inclusive and sustainable forest and agricultural commodity chains
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 53-55