College of Graduate Studies

Marion Ouma

Academic Associate
E-mail:
marion.ouma@gmail.com

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Marion Ouma completed her doctorate studies in Sociology under the South Africa Chair Initiative (SARChl) in Social Policy at the University of South Africa in 2019. Her thesis is entitled Social Protection Policy Making in Kenya: A Study of the Dynamics of Policy Transfer”. Dr. Ouma is a past recipient of the Social Science Research Council, Next Generation of Africa Social Science Research Fellowship. Educated at the University of Nairobi for both her Bachelors and Masters degrees, she has previously worked at various national, international non-governmental organisations. Her research interests include sociology, social policy, social protection, policymaking and the political economy of Africa’s development. She has published in Critical Social Policy and has a book chapter in The African Political Economy edited by Samuel Oloruntoba and Toyin Falola.