Dr Ignatius Gutsa is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community and Social Development at the University of Zimbabwe and a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria.

He holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and degrees in Sociology and Social Anthropology from the University of Zimbabwe. He returns to the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing as a Research Fellow, having previously been an Academic Visitor supported by an Africa Oxford Initiative collaborative catalyst grant. 

His research focuses on ageing, care and livelihoods in Zimbabwe, with particular interest in how older people experience social and environmental change. His recent work examines ageing, systems of care and livelihoods in the context of climate change, particularly in rural communities. His work is grounded in anthropology and ethnographic research, and he has published on ageing, health, care, HIV and AIDS, livelihoods and climate change in Zimbabwe.