Email Address   paul.chipangura@nust.ac.zw

Qualifications    

PhD Disaster Risk Reduction (Northwest University, RSA), MSc in Emergency Planning and Management (CU UK), BSoc Sc IOLS (UCT RSA), MBA (Africa University)

Research focus 

Disaster risk governance, Disaster risk reduction, Disaster risk assessment, and Business continuity management.

Research Links   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pM-IIsAAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Chipangura

Supervision        

MSc Disaster Management -20+ students

Publications       

• Zembe, A., Nemakonde, L.D. and Chipangura, P., 2023. A policy coherence framework for food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in South Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, p.103877.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103877

• Zembe, A., Nemakonde, L.D. and Chipangura, P., 2022. Policy coherence between food security, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation in South Africa: A summative content analysis approach. Jàmbá-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 14(1), p.1173.

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2022.128254

• Chipangura, P., Van der Waldt, G. and Van Niekerk, D., 2019. An exploration of the tractability of the objectivist frame of disaster risk in policy implementation in Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11(1), pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.604
• Chipangura, P.; Van Niekerk, D. & Van Der Waldt, G. 2017, Disaster risk policy problem framing: insights from societal perceptions in Zimbabwe International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.02.012

• Chipangura, P., Van Niekerk , D. & Van Der Waldt , G. 2016. An exploration of objectivism and social constructivism within the context of disaster risk. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25 (2), 261 – 274.

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2015-0210

Book Chapters  

• Van Niekerk, D., Ndlovu, E. & Chipangura, P. 2015. Experiences of Africa: Status and Potentials. In: Izumi, T. & Shaw, R. (eds.) Disaster Management and Private Sectors. Springer Japan.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-4-431-55414-1_6

Conference Presentations           

• Awards/Achievements
• Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence: Awarded to a paper that was Highly Commended in 2017. The paper: Chipangura, P., Van Niekerk, D. & Van Der Waldt , G. 2016. An exploration of objectivism and social constructivism within the context of disaster risk. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25 (2), 261 – 274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2015-0210