Academic Qualifications:
- Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, (Student) University of South Africa (UNISA) ongoing
- First concentration – Political Theory
- Second concentration – Comparative Politics
- Working Title: Primitive Accumulation, Class Formation and Ecological Governance in the Kafue Flats of Zambia
- Master of Arts (Political Science), University of Zambia (2015)
- First concentration – Political Theory
- Second concentration – Comparative Politics
- Third concentration – International Politics
- Dissertation - Institutionalisation of Legislative Leadership in the National Assembly of Zambia, 1964 to 2011.
- Bachelor of Arts (with merit), University of Zambia (2010).
- Major – Political Science
- Minor – Public Administration
Profile
Biggie Joe Ndambwa is lecturer of Political Science and International Politics in the Department of Government and Management Studies at the University of Zambia. He is also member of the editorial team for the African Journal of Political Science (AJPS) hosted at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Fellow and Board Member of the Political Science Association of Zambia (PSAZ) and currently serves as association president. Mr Ndambwa is also member of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), a continental platform for African Political Scientists. Mr Ndambwa has also served as Political Consultant to local international organisation, including the African Union Commission and various other local non-governmental organisations. He is currently PhD student in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa with a first concentration in political theory and second in comparative politics.
Consultancies
- Assistant Consultant: Country Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (CSVRA) for Zambia (The African Union Commission, COMESA, Office of the Vice President, Republic of Zambia, January - March 2022).
- Consultant: Women Candidate and Campaign Messaging - Local Government Association of Zambia (Training Workshop, 30th June to 1st July, 2021);
- Consultant: Coordination of Decentralization Reforms (Policy Advisory Paper No 4, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) November 2019);
- Consultant: Political, Ethnic and Land Conflicts: A conflict vulnerability and risk assessment for Zambia (Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes – 2014);
Membership of Professional bodies:
- Member of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS)
- Fellow of the Political Science Association of Zambia (PSAZ)
- Member of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council (PASRC)
- Marxist and Neo-MarxistThroery
- Post Colonial Theory
- Decolonisation Theory
- Critical Theiry
- Identity Politics
- Aesthtics and Politics
- Political Insititutions
- Political Behaviour
- Ndambwa, B. J. & Siwale, A. W. (forthcoming) Parliamentary Female Representation and Party Candidate Selection Method in Zambia.
- Siwale A. W & Ndambwa, B. J. (2023) Democratisation and the Survival of Liberation Movements in Southern Africa: The Case of Zambia’s UNIP (Konrad Adenuar Stiftung, Windhoek)
- Ndambwa, B. J., & Siwale, A. W. (2022). Reinterpreting Domestic Sources of Zambia’s Foreign Policy: The Party and the President. Journal of Contemporary Governance and Public Policy, 3(1), 1–20.
- Ndambwa, B. J. (2020) Electoral Integrity and Democratic Consolidation: in Democracy and Electoral Politics in Zambia (edited by Muna Ndulo, Marja Hinfelaar, Tinenenji Banda and O’Brien Kaaba, Leiden: Brill, 2020)
Conference Papers
- Parliamentary Female Representation and Party Candidate Selection Methods in Zambia, (paper presented at a Conference on Women, Gender and Financial Inclusion: Rethinking Gender Budgeting Responses, Inclusion and Transformation in Africa (Co-presented with Aaron Siwale (University of Johannesburg 8 – 9 September 2022.
- Coordination of Decentralization Reforms (Policy Advisory Paper No 4, Presented at the National Decentralisation Conference organised by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Cabinet Office, November 2019).
