Dr. Cleopas G. Sambo

Department of Social Work and Sociology
Lecturer
Biography

Cleopas Gabriel Sambo is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social Policy at Oslo Metropolitan University and a Lecturer in Social Work and Sociology at the University of Zambia. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar. His research interests encompass poverty and inequality, politics, wellbeing, and the ethics of everyday life. His recent work includes a co-edited volume on ‘The Politics of Welfare in the Global South’ (2024) with Oxford University Press.

Research Interests
  • Multidimensional poverty, inequality and wellbeing
  • Social protection and the ethics of everyday life 
  • Role of politics, political actors and their discourses on social policy