Uganda: Dr. Assumpta Nnaggenda Musana
Born in Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Assumpta Nnaggenda Musana is the first Ugandan woman to earn a PhD in architecture. She holds a bachelor’s of science (1994) and a master’s of science in architecture (1995), both from Kharkov State University of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Kharkov, Ukraine, and a PhD in architecture and urban planning from Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan / Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden (2008). Her published dissertation is titled “Housing Clusters for Densification within an Upgrading Strategy: The Case of Kampala, Uganda.”
Dr. Musana is a senior lecturer at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in addition to working in private practice. She has contributed to books, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles. Her publications include Sprawl and the City : House Types in the Informal and Formal Settlements of Kampala (2004); Tenure and Administrative Issues in Kampala City and their Effects on Urban Development (2002); “Housing and Human Security in Kampala, Uganda” in Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa (2022); and “Women as Retrofits in Modernist Low-Income Housing,” in Time and Transformation in Architecture (2018). Her scholarly articles have been published in the CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, Journal of Inclusive Cities and the Built Environment (JICBE), International Journal of Technoscience and Development (IJTD), and the Global Journal of Engineering, Design, and Technology (GJEDT).
Dr. Musana is a member of the Uganda Society of Architects and a registered architect with the Architects Registration Board. She has served as a member of National Habitat III Committee, a board member of Nsambya Hospital, a technical adviser for the National Planning Authority, a member of the board of directors for Technology Consults Ltd, and as chair of the Master Planning Committee for the Presidential Initiative of Banana Industrial Development (PIBID).
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