Mathew Agripinus Senga
Thesis Title: Social Networks and Collaboration in the Management of Natural Resources and Protection of Livelihoods: Reflections from Rural Communities in East Usambara Mountains Tanzania
Supervisor: Dr Diane Payne
Associate Supervisors: Prof. Sam Maghimbi (UDSM) and Prof Nial Friel (School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD)
Funding: Irish Aid- HEA sponsored Thematic Doctoral Joint Programme (PhD in Global Human Development)
Biographical Note:
Mathew holds a B.A (Hons.) and M.A (Sociology) obtained from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a PhD (Sociology) student at the University College Dublin (UCD) under Irish Aid-HEA sponsored Thematic Doctoral Joint Programme (PhD in Global Human Development). He is also an Assistant Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam and he has been teaching courses in Rural Sociology, Medical Sociology and Urbanization Studies. Recently, Mathew served as an Occasional Lecturer in the School of Sociology, UCD where he co-lectured Social Networks module.
Mathew has a longstanding interest in social problems, rural livelihoods and health. Recently he has been increasingly focusing his work upon research and consultancy in socio-economic dilemmas associated with collaboration in management of natural resource and investments in natural resources. His PhD Research is prompted by the collective action problem in Amani Nature Reserve (ANR), East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania and it focuses on the conditions under which actors in local practices of natural resource management are likely to cooperate (or defect) through establishing transitive and reciprocal relationships along their social networks and institutions. This study generally explores mechanisms within social networks which encourage collaboration and exchange across network actors under alternate risk scenarios in the policy arena. Using longitudinal network study design, Mathew’s doctoral research breaks new ground on studies of this nature in Tanzania.PhD Research Papers:
"Modeling Social Networks and Local Collaboration in Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature" (Draft version) Authors: Mathew Agripinus Senga, Diane Payne and Nial Friel.
"Local Practices of Natural Resource Management in Amani Nature Reserve in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Social Network Analysis" (In Progress) Authors: Mathew Agripinus Senga, Diane Payne, Nial Friel and Sam Maghimbi.
"Dynamic Social Networks of Peripheral and Central Rural Communities in Amani Nature Reserve" (In Progress) Authors: Mathew Agripinus Senga and Diane Payne.
"Policy Issues and Decision Modeling in Natural Resource Management in Tanzania" (Planned) Authors: Sam Maghimbi, Diane Payne and Mathew Agripinus Senga.
Publications (Books/Anthology):
Senga, M (2010)."Accumulation by Dispossession and Displacement: Some Reflections from Epanko Mines in Tanzania", Saarbrücken, Germany, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-8433-8344-8.
Maghimbi S, Rokina, R and Senga M.A (2010). "A State of the Art Paper on Agrarian Question in Tanzania", Uppsala and Dar es Salaam, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet and the University of Dar Es Salaam. ISBN: 978-91-7106-684-8.
Senga M.A (2011) "Insiders and Outsiders in Tanzanian Ruby Mining: Case Study of Epanko, Morogoro District", (draft chapter) to be published in the forthcoming book by Jesper Bosse Jønssen & Deborah Fahy Bryceson (eds.).
Conference Presentations:
“The Political Economy of Mining in Tanzania: Socio-Economic Impacts of Accumulation by Dispossession and Displacement on Livelihoods of Local Communities” Conference paper presented during the University of Dar es Salaam Demographic Training Unit Annual Seminar, Dar es Salaam, 2008.
“Local Participation and Protection of Livelihoods: Recognition of Social Networks for Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Tanzania”, Conference paper presented during Sustainable Global Development Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland, 16th-17th October, 2009.
“Social Dynamics and Tensions within Mining Settlements in Tanzania”, Presented at the “Impact of Mining on African Urbanization” Workshop organized by the (UPIMA) Research Project, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, held in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 26-28 February, 2011.
Recent Awards:
2009: Scholarship from Irish Aid-HEA to undertake PhD (Sociology) studies under a Thematic Doctoral Joint Programme (PhD in Global Human Development) at the University College Dublin, Ireland.
2009: Award from Irish Aid- HEA to participate and present a paper in the International Conference on Sustainable Global Development, University of Limerick, Ireland.
2011: ESF QMSS scholarship to attend the Summer School on Network Dynamics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
2011: Award from UCD College of Human Sciences Graduate Research and Innovation Fund to participate in the Summer School on Network Dynamics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Email: Mathew.Agripinus-Senga@ucdconnect.ie or magripinus@hotmail.com
“Local Participation and Protection of Livelihoods: Recognition of Social Networks for Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Tanzania”, Conference paper, Sustainable Global Development Conference, 2009, University of Limerick, Ireland.