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Sam Moyo is Honorary Professor in the UKZN School of Built Environment and Development Studies and Executive Director of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS) based in Harare, Zimbabwe. He has more than 28 years of research and lecturing experience on rural development issues with a focus on land reform, agrarian change, environmental policy, and social movements. He is the Editor-in-Chief of an International Journal; Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy (Sage India) and former President of the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA). In June 2015, he was elected Vice Chairperson of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE). Prof S. Moyo holds a Ph.D. in Rural Development and Environmental Management from University of Northumbria, United Kingdom.
Sam Moyo has been involved in several major publications, with key celebrated academic works being: African land questions, agrarian transitions and the state: contradictions of neoliberal land reforms (2008); Land reform under structural adjustment in Zimbabwe: land use change in the Mashonaland Provinces (2000); The land question in Zimbabwe (1995); [co-edited with Paris Yeros]: Reclaiming the land: the resurgence of rural movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America (2005); [co-edited with Kojo Sebastian Amanor]: Land and sustainable development in Africa (2008); [co-edited with Paris Yeros]: Reclaiming the nation: the return of the national question in Africa, Asia and Africa (2011): Land and Agrarian Reform Zimbabwe : Beyond White-Settler Capitalism (2013); [co-edited with Walter Chambati].
A.Positions and Honours:
• Founder of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS), a policy research institution focusing on agrarian issues in Africa.
• Co-founder of ZERO: A Regional Environment Organisation
• Published numerous research works: 4 books; 6 co-authored books; 11 co-edited books; over 50 book chapters and more than 30 journal articles.
• Involved in building and leading various organisations: Member of various boards (IDEAs, ZERO, HAKIARDHI), ROAPE Contributing Editor and President of CODESRIA Executive Committee. Held directorship positions in various organisations: AIAS and SAPES-SARIPS.
• Undertaken various commissioned research and policy advisory works for: international agencies such as UNECA, SADC, UNDP, World Bank and AU; Civil society organisations such as AISA, SAT; and governments including Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
B.Peer-reviewed publications
Individual Authored Books 4 1995-2012
Co-Authored Books 6 1988-2012
Co-Edited Books 13 1992-2012
Chapters in Books 57 1984-2012
Journal Articles 31 1984-2012
Magazine Articles and Book Reviews 20 1984-2012
Institutional Research Publications (Monographs) 43 1985-2012
Contributed Conference Papers 60 1994-2012
Commissioned Studies and Reports 51 1984-2012
Media articles 18 1990-2012
C.Research Support. List selected ongoing or completed (during the last five years) research projects.
Moyo, S. Mid-Term Review of the Lesotho Macro-economic Management Project (LMMP). A review commissioned by and prepared for African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). 2009.
Moyo, S. and Mohamed Foray, K. Scoping Mission Report: Key Land Tenure Issues and Reform Processes for Sierra Leone. Report commissioned for the Ministry of Land, Country Planning and the Environment, by the United Nations Development Programme, Freetown (Sierra Leone). September 2009.
Schoeman, M., Moyo, S., Rosenberg, G., Fosu, G., Kotzé, D. and Chilemo, N. Report of the External Review Panel of the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA): April/May 2010
Moyo, S. Sierra Leone National Land Policy Reform Project (SLNLPR): Formulation And Implementation Plan. RFD/United Nations Development Programme, Freetown (Sierra Leone). June 2010.
Moyo, S. Land Reform Research Initiative for Sierra Leone. A Proposal. RFD/ United Nations Development Programme, Freetown (Sierra Leone). June 2010.
Moyo, S. Mid-Term Review of the Economic Policy Management Program in Uganda (EPM-Makerere III). A review commissioned by and prepared for African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). 2010.
Moyo, S. Land Reform Policy Review Studies: Terms of Reference 3. A review commissioned by UNDP for Ministry of Lands and Rural Development (South Africa). 2011.
Moyo, S. Mid-Term Review of the Economic Policy Management Program in Zambia (EPM-Zambia). A review commissioned by and prepared for African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). 2011.
Moyo, S. Mid-Term Review of the Performance of Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA). A review commissioned by and prepared for African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). 2011.
Moyo, S. Transition Process around Land and Agrarian Questions. A paper commissioned by and prepared for Zimbabwe Institute, Harare. 2012
Moyo, S. and Binswanger, H. Agricultural Growth Trends. Draft paper commissioned by and prepared for the World Bank, Harare. 2011.
Moyo, S. UNDP Consultant and advisor to the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) [South Africa] on land reform, the facilitation of various land reform consultation processes and the drafting of specific land reform policies between Jan 2011 to May 2013
D.Teaching.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND PUBLIC LECTURES
Agricultural geography (Undergraduate) 1983 University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Rural Planning (Undergraduate) 1988-1990 University of Zimbabwe
Land and Agrarian Studies; Agricultural Geography; Geography Field Studies (Undergraduate) 1992-1993 University of Zimbabwe
Regional Environmental Polices (Master) 1994-1995 University of Zimbabwe
Role of NGOs in Development Work (Undergraduate) 1993 -1997 ORAP
Land, Environmental Policy and Natural Resources (Master) 1995 to 2000 SARIPS Masters Programme
POST-GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Walter Chambati (Witwatersrand) PhD 2009/2014 Agrarian Structure and Social Differentiation after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
Tendai Murisa (Rhodes) PhD 2007/10 Emerging Forms of Social Organisation and Agency in the Newly Resettled Areas of Zimbabwe
Walter Chambati (Witwatersrand) Master 2005/8 Land Reform and Changing Agrarian Labour Processes in Zimbabwe
Nelson Marongwe (Witwatersrand) PhD 2002/5 Land Occupation in Zimbabwe
N. Nemarundwe (SL University) PhD 2001/3 Institutional jurisdiction and gendered access to natural resources
Wilbert Sadomba (Wagening) PhD 2002/8 Access to land from a historical perspective
Erin MacCandles G. (Washington) PhD 2001/6 Civil Society and Popular Movements
Bernard S Manyena (Northumbria) PhD 2004/9 Disaster Resilience in Development and Humanitarian Interventions
Abigal Mvududu (NUST) MSc 2004/5 Media studies
Gaynor Paradza (Wagening) PhD 2003/5 Gender and land reform
Kirk Helliker (Rhodes) PhD 2004/5 Intermediary NGOs in contemporary Zimbabwe
Mark Nyandoro (Pretoria) PhD 2003/7 Development and differentiation: The Case of TILCOR/ARDA irrigation activities in Sanyati 1939-2000
Miles Tendi (Oxford) PhD Zimbabwe’s Third Chimurenga: The use and abuse of history
Adrienne LeBas (Columbia) PhD Polarization and Party Development: Capturing Constituencies in Democratizing Africa”
Wendy Willems (London) PhD Media
Nancy Andrews (Paris) PhD Land Reform
Walter Chambati (Witswaterand) Master 2009/11 Agrarian Labour Questions In Zimbabwe
Tendai Murisa (Rhodes) PhD 2005-10 Emerging forms of Social Organisation and Agency
Pios Ncube (Cavalry) PhD 2009- A Comprehensive Strategic Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Response for Matabeleland Region in Zimbabwe
E. Service.
POST-GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Walter Chambati (Witwatersrand) PhD 2009/2014 Agrarian Structure and Social Differentiation after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
Tendai Murisa (Rhodes) PhD 2007/10 Emerging Forms of Social Organisation and Agency in the Newly Resettled Areas of Zimbabwe
Adrienne LeBas (Columbia) PhD Polarization and Party Development: Capturing Constituencies in Democratizing Africa”
Wendy Willems (London) PhD Media
Nancy Andrews (Paris) PhD Land Reform
Walter Chambati (Witswaterand) Master 2009/11 Agrarian Labour Questions In Zimbabwe
Pios Ncube (Cavalry) PhD 2009- A Comprehensive Strategic Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Response for Matabeleland Region in Zimbabwe
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