Staff Profiles

PhD Natural Sciences [Geography], Bonn University, Germany

MS Environmental Science [Environmental Systems], USA 

GIS Professional, USA

Bsc II Environmental Science, Biological Sciences, UB

BSc I Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Pure Mathematics

Scientific Research Methods

Ongoing Research Projects

1. GMES & Africa Project (Co-PI)

2. ORD Multidisciplinary Flood Mapping Project (PI)

3. DLR Science Data Project (Co-investigator)

4. Carbon Sequestration and Clean Cookstoves  Project(Self-funded)

5. Science Club Project: Mogolokwane Primary School, Phuduhudu

6. Assessing the Vulnerability of Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) to Climate Variability in the Northern Botswana Wetlands (Self-funded)

1. Mfundisi K.B. (2019) Spatiotemporal Analysis of Sitatunga (Tragelaphus Spekei) Population’s Response to Flood Variability in Northern Botswana Wetlands: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation. In: Wade S. (eds) Earth Observations and Geospatial Science in Service of Sustainable Development Goals. Southern Space Studies. Springer, Cham. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16016-6_10

2. KB Mfundisi, O Petros (2015) A Comparative Assessment of Soil Fertility on Flood Recession (Molapo) and Dryland Farms: The Case of Xhobe Settlement in the Okavango Delta World Heritage.Botswana Notes and Records. DOI https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/90024315.pdf

3. KB Mfundisi, R Thobosi, B Mosepele (2008) A Rapid Assessment of Macroinvertebrates Associated with Salvinia molesta In Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta https://doi.org/10.4314/tfb.v17i1.20914.

BA (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION), UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA

MA (Econ) DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)

Adam Mfundisi is a Lecturer with the  Department of Political & Administrative Studies of the University of Botswana. In this role, Adam Mfundisi teaches Public Administration and Management which includes Introduction to Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis, Human Resources Management and Research Methods in Public Administration. Adam Mfundisi is a qualified Lecturer in Public Administration and Management and holds an MA (Econ) in Development Administration and Management from the Victorian University of Manchester, UK. Prior to joining the University of Botswana, Adam Mfundisi spent three (3) as an instructor/lecturer at the then Botswana Institute of Administration & Commerce (BIAC). In this role, Adam Mfundisi was responsible for training of public servants in Public Administration and Management. 

Introduction to Public Administration (PA)

Research methods

Institutions and Processes in PA

Public Policy Analysis

Public Enterprise Management

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development

Organization Development

Local Government Management

Public Policy Analysis

Central Government Administration

Public Enterprise management

Political Parties and Democracy

Local Governance

Elections

Obasi, I.N., Mfundisi, A. & Motshegwa, B. (2007). "The Globalization and the Survival of the Urban Informal sector in Botswana", African Development,

Mfundisi, A. (2007). Local Government in Botswana: 1966 - 2006), in: Mgadla, P. & Mokopakgosi, B. (2006). Forty Years: Essays in Celebrations of Botswana's Forty Years of Independence. (DIS: Gaborone)

Mfundisi, A. (2006). "Civic Participation and Voter Patterns in Botswana", Journal of African Elections, 5(2): 81-98

Advanced Teachers Certificate, Teachers Training College, Francistown BA+CCE University of Botswana MA History, Boston University Ph.D. Boston Uniververity

Prof Mgadla was born in in Moroka Village in the North East District of Botswana. He atteneded primary school in Moroka Village and proceeded for seconndary education at Gaborone Secondary. He then proceeded to do Techears Training in Francistown after which he went to University of Botswana where he obtained a B.A degree majoring in History concurrently with a teaching certificate in EDucation. Prof Mgadla then got a scholarship to study African History in Boston USA where he obtained an MA degree and a PhD. in hstory respectively. Currently Prof Mgadla teaches History in the History Department, Faculty of Humanities.

I teach Botswana, Sothern, and Central African history.

Mission, Educational, Political and Admnistrative History, as well as Southern African Liberation History

I can, and have, supervised both unergraduate students in the reseach areas above. Currently am supervising an PhD International student enrolled with the History Department, University of Botswana

1. P.T. Mgadla, A History of Education in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, (Lanham: American University Press,2004 2. P.T. Mgadla and B.T. Mokopakgosi, Essays on the 40th Independence Anniversary of Botswana. (Gaborone: Department of Information Broadcasting Services2008 3. P.T. Mgadla S. Volz, Words of the Batswana. (Cape Town: Van Rebieck Society, 2006) 4. J. Ramsay, B. Morton and P.T. Mgadla, History of Botswana to 1900. Longman 1998

Ph.D. Social Studies and Global Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus: Ohio, USA.

M.Ed. Social Studies Education, University of Botswana.

B. Ed (Primary), University of Botswana.

Prof. Mavis B. Mhlauli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Education. She specializes in Social Studies and Global Education. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Her research interest are in Global Education, Social Studies Education, Global Citizenship and Post Colonial Scholarship.

Social Studies Education

Global Education

Global Citizenship Education

Primary Education

Multicultural Education

Global Education

Citizenship Education

Social Studies Education

Post Colonial Scholarship

Teaching and Learning Methods

Curriculum Development

Multicultural Education

Social Studies Education

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education

Teaching and Learning Methods

Primary Education

Mhlauli, M.B., Kgosidialwa, K. & Muchado, J. A. (2018). Teacher Education in Botswana. In K.G. Karras & C.C. Wolhuter (eds). International Handbook on Teacher Education Worldwide 2nd Ed, Volume 1, pp.160-178.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2013). Teaching world mindedness in social studies classrooms in primary schools in Botswana: Reality or Illusion? International Research in Education, 2(1), 51-72.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2012). The Paradox of Teaching Citizenship Education in Botswana Primary Schools. European Journal of Educational Research, 1(2), 85-105.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2012). The role of education on citizenship development in Africa. British Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 4(1), 104-115. 

Mhlauli, M.B.,Vosburg-Bluem & Merryfield, M.M. (2010). Natural disasters in the lives of women living in poverty in Southern Africa. In V.Ooka-Pang, W.R. Fernekes & J.L. Nelson (Eds.), The human impact of natural disasters: Issues for the inquiry-based classroom, pp. 57-63.

MD
Board Certified in Radiology (USA)

Radiologist. Subspeciality: Thoracic Imaging. Expertise in Abdominal Imaging.

30 years faculty member at University of Pennsylvania. Now Emeritus Professor at UPenn.

All areas of radiology (except nuclear medicine) with emphasis on imaging features and differential diagnoses. I teach by the Socratic method.

Diffuse infiltrative lung diseases

Infectious diseases of the thorax

Mediastinal masses

Ph.D Urban Planning and Management - University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MSc. Housing Studies - Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.

BSc. Urban and Regional Planning - University of Botswana, Gaborone Botswana

Advanced Diploma Urban and Rural Planning - Ardhi Institute, Tanzania

Dr. Minyoi is a Town Planner by profession, having started as a Trainee Planner in 1989 in the then Ministry of Local Government and Lands, Department of Town and Regional Planning, and as a Practitioner from 1994 to 1999. Then joined the academia (University of Botswana) in 1999 as a Staff Development Fellow and becoming a Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning in 2002.

Introductory courses to Planning and Planning Theory,

Planning History

Settlement Development Planning

Site Planning and Design

Urban Governance and Management

Integrated Development Planning

Housing Studies

Urban Planning Practices

Plan Implementation

Housing 

Land Tenure

Urbanization

Climate Change

Informality

Built Environment

Informality

Housing

Urban Planning

Design

Minyoi, M. K. (2019). The Historiography of Town Planning and Its Shifting Paradigms in Sub-Saharan Africa. In I. Biao (Ed.), Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods (pp. 1-32). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-8134-5.ch001

Minyoi, M.K., (2018) Towards an Understanding of the Business Perceptions of Planning in Botswana. Botswana Journal of Technology Volume 23, Issue 1, pp 21-38.

Selabe, M. and Minyoi, M.K. (2018) Perceived Barriers to Rainwater Harvesting as a Source of Water Supply in Gaborone City, Botswana. Botswana Journal of Technology Volume 23 Issue 1, pp 86-96.

Rammapudi, K. and Minyoi M.K. (2014) Customary Land Conflicts in Peri-Urban Areas of Botswana: Perceptions of Rights Holders, in Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings, Planning Africa 2014 Conference, 19-22 October 2014, International Convention Center, Durban, Republic of South Africa. ISBN: 978-0-86970-781-4.