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Dr. Langtone Maunganidze

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  • Role in Center:

    Advanced Researcher

  • Discipline:

    Sociology and Social Anthropology

  • University:

    Midlands State University of Zimbabwe

  • Country:

    Zimbabwe

Biography: Dr. Langtone Maunganidze has a PhD in Sociology, and an MSc in Sociology and Social Anthropology, obtained from the University of Zimbabwe. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. His teaching and research interest areas cover issues in industrial sociology, rural development and entrepreneurship. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has presented engaging academic pieces at numerous international fora. His service to academia and his profession has taken him to various countries as a visiting scholar, external examiner for advanced degrees and reviewer for internationally acclaimed publishing houses. Dr. Maunganidze has ably mobilized and managed internationally funded research projects and student exchange scholarships. Furthermore, he is the university’s local contact person for the Global Centre of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (GCSMUS) project.

Selected Publications:

  • Maunganidze, L. (2024). Representation and materialization of architecture and space in Zimbabwe: Between national icons and dispositifs. Springer. https://doi.org.10.1007/978-3-031-47761-4

  • Maunganidze, L., & Faimau, G. (2023). Sponsored or Autogestive Materialisation of Space: Urban Informality in Harare, Zimbabwe. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 11(1), 45–72. https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v11i1.420

  • Chisango, T., Maunganidze, L., Maseko, M… (2023). Misconceptions of the theory of evolution predict opposition to the theory and science in general….. Heliyon9(4):e16783. doi: 1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16783/www.elsevier

  • Maunganidze, L. (2022). Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’:  A case of selected Botswana firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 368:1-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132957; http://www.elsevier.com/article.

  • Chisango, T., Mafa, I., & Maunganidze, L. (2022). Investigating the sexist implications of bride price (lobola) in Zimbabwe. Society, 59(6):1-12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-022-00743-7. https://link.springer.com/article

  • Maunganidze, L. (2022). Exhuming lived experiential past in rural development research and practice. In: T. Madzivhandila, S. Hachingota, J. Francis…. (eds.), Development Practice in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons from the trenches (pp: 99-107). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91131-7_15

  • Maphosa, F., & Maunganidze, L. (2021). Corporate citizenship: Business and society in Botswana. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave, Macmillan. https://link.springer.com › bfm:978-3-030-67766-4 › 1.pdf (Scopus)

  • Maunganidze, L., & Dzingirai, V. (2021). Succession Planning and the sustainability of the land reform programme in Zimbabwe. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(7): 1414–1429. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211058888; https://journals.sagepub.com

  • Maunganidze L. (2021). Corporate citizenship and workplace democracy in Botswana: Rhetoric or reality? In: F. Maphosa & L. Maunganidze (eds.), Corporate citizenship: Business and society in Botswana (pp. 77-116). Cham: Springer/Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67766-4_3

  • Maunganidze, L. (2020). Excavating blind spots in qualitative research: Reflecting on a lecturer’s experiential past. Mosenodi: International Journal of Educational Studies, 23 (2): 41-62. https://journals.ub.bw › index.php › mosenodi.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Industrial Sociology
  • Qualitative Research Methodology
  • Rural Development
  • Entrepreneurship

Current Position(s):

  • Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

Past Position(s)

  • Campus Program Coordinator, Midlands State University
  • Chairperson of Sociology Department, University of Zimbabwe
  • Head of Business Management, Ba Isago University, Botswana

Prizes & Awards:

  • DAAD-TU/ Berlin- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): “Global Centre of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (GCSMUS)” funded under the Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation program – Exceed
  • CODESRIA Book Research project on Corporate Citizenship in Botswana
  • FARNPAN-University of Venda book project collaboration

Memberships & Networks:

  • Member of Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) – Zimbabwe Chapter 2006-12 (2018-today)