Jude Kagoro

Dr. Jude Kagoro holds a Doctoral Degree in Sociology obtained in 2013 at Bayreuth University, Germany. Since 2013, Dr. Kagoro has been working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS). Presently, he is working in the German Ministry of Education and Research funded project “Knowledge Production in Peace and Security Policy”. The Project focuses on military intervention and Dr. Kagoro is particularly researching on the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) military involvement in Somalia within the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) framework. He previously co-directed a research project “Figurations of Internationalized Rule in Africa” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project focused on post-war situations in Africa using Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya as case studies. Between June 2013 and August 2018 he worked in another DFG funded project “Policing in Africa Project”.

Dr. Kagoro has done consultancies with the Rwanda National Police (RNP), the Uganda Police Force (UPF), and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit—GIZ). He has published widely on themes of militarization, security, and policing.

On February 6th, 2018, Dr. Kagoro was awarded the Golden Jubilee Award by the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for his contributions towards the professionalization of the Uganda Police Force.

Since 2022, Jude has been a postdoctoral researcher in the four-year project “KNOWPRO: Knowledge Production in German Peace and Security Policy", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).