Whittiker Mange
ID: UNCST-2026-R028066
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Developing a Gender-Responsive, Regional AI-Driven Early Warning System for Climate-Sensitive Malaria in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda (RE-CLAIM-EWS) — Uganda Component
REFNo: HS8746ES
To contribute to the development and validation of a gender-responsive, AI-driven early warning system for climate-sensitive malaria in Uganda, as part of the regional RE-CLAIM-EWS study across Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
Specific objectives (Uganda component)
To extract, clean and harmonise retrospective routine malaria surveillance data from the national health information system (DHIS2), together with corresponding climate and environmental data, for selected districts in Uganda, for use in training and validating the regional AI prediction model.
To explore, through key informant interviews with national and district health officials, malaria programme managers and climate/meteorology stakeholders, current malaria surveillance and early warning practices, data use and preparedness.
To identify gender-related factors in malaria risk, access to services and decision-making that should shape the design and use of the early warning system.
To assess the usability, relevance and acceptability of the early warning system dashboard among intended Ugandan end users.
To build local capacity for using the early warning system through training of trainers and engagement with stakeholders from the Ministry of Health and the districts.
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Kenya |
2026-10-08 14:07:41 |
2029-10-08 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Sola Mugwanga Sandra
ID: UNCST-2026-R026592
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Exploring the Experiences and Responses of Agribusiness in Kampala to the COVID 19 crisis: Implications for Resilience.
REFNo: SS6239ES
Main Objective
To explore the experiences and responses of agribusiness SME owners and managers regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Nakawa Division, Kampala, and examine how these experiences and responses shaped business resilience.
Specific Objectives
1. To explore the business challenges faced by agribusiness SMEs before the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. To examine how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified pre-existing business challenges or introduced new constraints for agribusiness SMEs.
3. To explore the coping and adaptation strategies adopted by agribusiness SME owners and managers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. To explore the implications of these experiences and responses for strengthening business resilience and preparedness for future disruptions.
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Kenya |
2026-10-08 14:05:20 |
2029-10-08 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Grace Twikirize
ID: UNCST-2026-R026794
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RETIREMENT PLANNING AMONG ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN UGANDA
REFNo: SS6215ES
1. To examine the relationship between Personal
initiative and retirement planning
2. To examine the relationship between Personal
initiative and financial literacy
3. o examine the relationship between financial
literacy and retirement planning
4. To examine the relationship between Social
Capital and financial literacy.
5. To examine the relationship between Social
Capital and retirement planning.
6. To investigate the mediating effect of financial
literacy on the relationship between personal
initiative and retirement planning
7. To investigate the mediating effect of financial
literacy on the relationship between Social
Capital and retirement planning.
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Uganda |
2026-10-02 17:01:00 |
2029-10-02 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Elena Spadini
ID: UNCST-2026-R027138
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A Pilot Study on the Effect of Demand Uncertainty and Customer Composition on the Organisation and Growth of Manufacturing Firms in Kampala District
REFNo: SS5964ES
(i) Examine if customers’ preferences vary with their income in a way that sustains demand for the products traditional firms make
(ii) Examine if demand variance creates liquidity risk that prevents firms from hiring or upgrading.
(iii) Examine if demand is fragmented across too many firms for any firm to realize increasing returns.
(iv) Examine how firm owners use the contractual arrangement with their workers, including piece-rate pay, customer origination, and outside earning opportunities, to manage demand uncertainty.
(v) Examine if larger firms target particular consumer types to manage demand risk and allow for growth.
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Italy |
2026-10-02 16:57:36 |
2029-10-02 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Alessandro Palucci
ID: UNCST-2026-R028128
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The Role of Trade Intermediaries in Manufacturing Firms’ Access to Markets and Growth
REFNo: SS6027ES
1.4 General Research Objective
This project aims to examine how trade intermediaries facilitate Ugandan firms' access to domestic and international markets, focusing on the barriers to direct trade and the mechanisms used to overcome them. Specifically, we investigate how these dynamics shift across spatial relationships and how the competition structure shapes contractual outcomes for downstream firms.
1.5 Specific Research Objectives
(i) Identify the spatial supply chain constraints and market conditions that incentivize peripheral final producer firms to rely on trade intermediaries, analyzing how these contracting arrangements handle market power asymmetries and costs across space.
(ii) Rigorously examine how a firm's position within the spatial trade network and its exposure to transport costs impact its productivity, alongside how network geography shapes localized structural transformation (transitions of the local economy towards input-intense sectors) and the aggregate distribution of the gains such as growth from trade (resulting from access to lower input costs, better quality materials, and opening of new export markets).
(iii) Examine the role of trade intermediaries (through their services such as buyer-seller matching, market information, customs clearance) in the market access and growth of manufacturing firms
(iv) Formulate a quantitative spatial model to simulate policy relevant counterfactuals on interventions like transport infrastructure expansions, the construction of alternative trade hubs, or centralized digital trade platforms.
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Italy |
2026-10-02 16:54:54 |
2029-10-02 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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