CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAIL
NAME : NCHITO Sichombo Sithabiso Wilma
GENDER : Female
NATIONALITY : Zambian
PRESENT ADDRESS
Geography Department,
School of Natural Sciences,
University of Zambia,
Box 32379,
Lusaka, ZAMBIA.
e-mail wnchito@natsci.unza.zm or
wsnchito@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
1992-93 Master of Science in Geography (MSc Geography), London School Of Economics and Political Sciences, University of London, London.
1987-91 Bachelor of Arts with Education (B.A. Education), Geography Single
Subject Major with Education, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
SHORT COURSES
2002 Certificate in Research Methodology, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2002 Certificate of Attendance in Remote Sensing and Visualisation in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) ,University of Zambia/University of Kansas.
2001 Certificate in Community Counselling, Department of Psychology University of Zambia.
1998 Professional Training Workshop on Research Planning and Administrative
Problems of Rapid Urbanisation, University of North West, South Africa.
1996 Induction course on the use of Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA)
Methods in Systematic Client Consultancy, Institute of African Studies
University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
AWARDS
1. The best fourth year geography research project in 1990/91 academic year, School of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1993 to date Lecturer, Geography Department, School of Natural Sciences,
University of Zambia
Lecturer in Urban Geography and Cartography and introductory geography courses, supervising fieldwork and final year research projects.
Research interests include Urban Housing Issues, Urban Solid Waste management and Urban Land use and land cover changes.
1992 Staff Development Fellow, Geography Department, School of
Natural Sciences, University of Zambia.
Tutoring for introductory courses in the department. Assisting
with practicals and marking practical assignments.
1997 Selected by the Lusaka City Council to sit on the 'Decongestion
Of the Central Business District and Improved access to Socio-Economic Infrastructure' working group of the Sustainable Lusaka Programme (SLP).
RESEARCH
2002 Sustainable Cities Programme What Next?: A Study Of Community Participation in Waste Management After SLP
2002 ‘New Markets, New Practices: A Study of management practices
in the New Markets of Lusaka, Zambia’.(Funded by Nordic African Institute)
1998 ‘Quantitative Assessment of Smallholder farming and Agricultural
Services in Southern and North Western Provinces’.
A participatory rapid appraisal study for Phase II of the Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (ASIP).
1993 ‘Contrasts of Two Major Urban Systems in A Third World Country: Case Study of Zambia’. (Unpublished MSc Dissertation).
1991 ‘The Effects of The Gwembe Valley Development Company on the
Peasant Farmers of the Area’. (Unpublished Undergraduate Dissertation).
PAPERS/ WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
Nchito, W.S. 2002, New Markets, New Practices: A Study of management practices
in the New Markets of Lusaka, Zambia’. NAI Workshop, Bamako, Mali
Nchito, W. S. 2001, ‘Government and Urbanisation in Zambia: Implications for
Social and Physical Segregation’. IFRA Workshop , Lusaka, Zambia
Nchito S. Wilma ,2001,’Preparing for Zambia's Urban Future : Global Pressure and
Local Forces’. OSSREA Workshop , Lusaka, Zambia
Nchito, W. S. 2001, ‘Living Conditions in Unplanned Settlements in Lusaka Zambia:
A Critical Analysis’. University of Sussex, England
Nchito, W. S. 1999, ‘Women and Environment in Zambia’. UNZA-Sussex Link
Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia
Nchito, W. S. 1998, ‘ Women in the Sciences: A historical Perspective of the Zambia
Situation’. Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi
PUBLICATIONS
Nchito, W. S. 2001, ‘Government and Urbanisation in Zambia: Implications for
Social and Physical Segregation’. In Press
Nchito S. Wilma ,2001, ‘Preparing for Zambia's Urban Future : Global Pressure and Local Forces’. In Globalisation and Development in Zambia, Challenges and Prospects. Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Nchito W. S, Tembo S. P. M, Kabongo J. K. and Kalonga (1996) Qualitative Assessment of Smallholder Farming and Agricultural Services in Southern and North-Western Provinces of Zambia, Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries.
CURRENT RESEARCH
The Growth and Functions of Mazabuka and Kalomo, Two Small Urban Centres in Zambia.
Member of:
1] Organisation of Social Science Researchers of Eastern Africa (OSSREA)
2] Research Association for Zambian Women Academicians (RAZWA) Zambia
3] Association of Women In Science and Technology (ZAWIST)
4] Zambia Association for Geographic Information Systems (ZAGIS)