Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe
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Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu
Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Researcher
Specialization
Geography
Work areas
- Futures Thinking - Science futures and Africa (Eastern and Southern Africa)
- Resilience Thinking, Society and Climate Change
- Rural Development, Natural Resources Management and Governance
- Social Anthropology of the Peripheralized (Glocal, Extractive Enclaves and Agrarian Questions)
- Climate change, resilience building
- Human-centered Design Thinking and Practice for Rural Development
Regional expertise
- Africa
Vita
| since 5/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Department "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems” |
| 12/2017-5/2022 | Zarawi Trust Founder and Chairman |
| since 12/2017 | The Nexus Think Tank at Zarawi Trust Head of Research, Systems Innovation and Development Communications |
| 8/2021-10/2021 | Humboldt University of Berlin-Centre for Rural Development Postgraduate, Tandem Research Fellow |
| 8/2019-6/2021 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Master of Rural Development and Natural Resource Management |
| 7/2016-8/2017 | Thought For Food Foundation Thought for Food Global Ambassador in Zimbabwe |
| 2016-2017 | Tunza Eco-Generation EcoGeneration Regional Ambassador in Zimbabwe |
| 2/2017-4/2017 | Care International in Zimbabwe Agriculture Intern |
| 1/2015-12/2015 | Thermal Agriculture Projects Consultant |
| 3/2014-12/2014 | Thermal Agriculture Projects Coordinator |
| 2/2012-11/2015 | Midlands State University BSc. Natural resources Management & Agriculture Honours Degree (Horticulture) |
Refereed Publications
- Steglich, Mirjam / Thomas Beutler / Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu et al. (2022)
Agroecology and rural development: acting in the Global North - for and with the Global South
Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin SLE Postgraduate Studies on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development - Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe / Patrik Oskarsson (2021)
‘Our own law is making us beggars’: understanding experiences of governed, mine-side communities in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe
in: The Extractive Industries and Society 8 (1), article 101003
Non-refereed Publications
- Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe (2022)
Mundane existential struggles in a changing climate
in: The Nexus Letters 1 (1) - Kativu, Saymore Ngonidzashe (2021)
‘Our own law is making us beggars’ : understanding the marginal experiences of governed, mine-side communities in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe
Uppsala: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
