People
Mr Erick Otieno Nyambedha
Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Maseno University, Kenya
Affiliation
Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Maseno University, Kenya
Address
Private Bag,
Maseno,
Kenya
Contact
eonyambedha@yahoo.co.uk
Biosketch
Mr. Nyambedha received his BA and MA in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and is currently conducting his PhD research at the department of anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Key research/capacity building interests
Research Interests
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on older people and the ageing process
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on children
- HIV/AIDS and social change in developing countries
Capacity Building Interests
- Lecturing and supervision of university students
- Training in research ethics
Key methodological skills
- Qualitative methods: longitudinal qualitative research, key informant interviews, narratives, life-stories and in-depth interviews
- Quantitative methods: baseline surveys
Current/planned research
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on grandmotherhood in Western Kenya
- Children of daughters in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic among the Luo in Western Kenya
Engagement in capacity building
Lecturing in anthropology