Dr. Joseph Kariuki Muriithi School of Environmental Studies (Environmental Studies & Community Development) Kenyatta University P. O. Box 43844, 00100-Nairobi, GPO Private contact address: P.O. Box 10097-00200 City Square, Nairobi Tel: +254 (0)20 80 48 260 Mobile: +254(0)722 260 560 Email: jkariukix@yahoo.co.uk Education background PhD: University of Bordeaux, France, 2009 M.A: University of Nairobi (Rural Sociology and Community Development), 2004 B.A: University of Nairobi (Sociology), 1997 Professional development training Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001: 2008) auditor, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS),Kenyatta University, 2011 Quantitative, Qualitative and Spatial analysis techniques by Institute for Research and Development (Paris) and French Institute for Research in Africa (Nairobi), 2006 Areas of teaching and research Wildlife, Tourism and Community Development Participatory and Qualitative Research Approaches Community Assets Building and Social Enterprises Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Community Capacity Building Rural Development and Technology Transfer Research Methods and Scientific Reporting 1 P a g e 2011
Administrative and related university responsibilities and appointments Appointed by Vice-Chancellor to the Committee on development of a curriculum on Monitoring and Evaluation course for the entire university Departmental coordinator, Intellectual Property (IP) issues Departmental coordinator, Quality Management issues (ISO 9001:2008). Internal Quality Management auditor for Kenyatta University Supervision of post graduate students (a). PhD Thesis Kariuki Albert Chege (Department of Tourism). Thesis titled, Dynamics of stakeholders partnerships and its impacts on Tourism governance in Kenya. Status: Data collection stage Mburu Simon. Thesis title, Social exclusion and environmental degradation in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi. Status: Proposal development stage (b). MSc Thesis Nameya, D Naburi. MSc thesis titled, Community Participation in Watershed Management: An Assessment of Constituency Development Fund Utilisation in Funyula Constituency, Kenya. Status: thesis writing on going. Merioth,W Njuguna. MSc thesis titled, A gendered Perspective to Agricultural Land Management and Livelihood Enhancement in Kanunga (Kiambu) Kenya. Status: data collection on going. Makini James. MSc Thesis titled, Human-Big Cat Conflict in the Kitengala Wildlife Corridor. Status: proposal development stage. (c). MSc Research Projects Oliech Odhiambo. MSc project titled, Conflict in Fish Resource Use and Its Impact on Community Livelihoods in Homa Bay County, Kenya. Status: Thesis writing stage. Wanderi Wachira. MSc project titled, The use of Acacia Tortilis in Enhancing Environmental Management and Promotion of Social Economic Growth in the ASAL Areas- Mwingi District. Status : Data Collection stage Ogonda Thomas. MSc project entitled, Challenges in Developing Community Based ecotourism in Nyando, Kenya. Status, proposal refinement stage George Lelesimoi. MSc project titled, The Effects of Community Conservancies on Pastoral Livelihoods in Samburu County, Kenya. Status: proposal refinement Johnson Sipitiek. MSc project titled, Land Subdivision and pastoral livelihoods in Suswa, Narok County Kenya. Status: Proposal refinement 2 P a g e 2011
Action Research/Consultant Consultant Sociologist with EGIS Bceom Routes for the preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan for the Kibwezi-Isiolo road, Kenya and the Kaya-Yei-Juba road, Southern Sudan, June-October, 2010. e-content developer on Qualitative Data Management and Analysis for the project, Partnership for Higher Education in Africa s Educational Technology Initiative (PHEA-ETI), Kenyatta University, September- November, 2010. Researcher on the project Mountains and Small cities in East Africa in collaboration with University of Bordeaux, January-July 2011. Research assistant with the World Science Project that focused on scientific communication among scientists (Kenya universities and Kenya Agricultural Research Institutes (KARI) centres), Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2005. Publications PhD thesis: Ecotourism in Kenya: Continuity, Change and the Challenge of Overlapping Tourism Practices, University of Bordeaux, France MA thesis: Towards co-management of forests: A case study of collaborative local forest governance in Mount Kenya, University of Nairobi, Department of Sociology. Potential application of Payment of Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanisms in the Kenyan highlands Areas, (January, 2010) online library, Mountain Forum Publications Continuity and change in tourism practices in Kenya in Mambo, Volume VI, n 2; 2007, French Institute of Research in Africa, Nairobi, pp. 1-6. Vested interests and natural resource governance in Kenya (2007) in L Afrique orientale annuaire (eds) Charton, H et Médard, C. L Harmattan, Paris, pp. 165-198. Common heritage, diverse interests: deforestation and conservation alternatives for Mt. Kenya (2006) in Les Cahier D Outre-Mer, Afrique de L Est: Montagnes, Numéro 235 Vol. 59. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, pp. 307-332. Embracing community-based ecotourism: Tourism initiatives and practices around Mt. Kenya National Reserve (2006), in Les Cahiers d'afrique de l'est, N 28, pp. 31-49. Towards co-management of forests: dynamics of collaborative forest governance around mount Kenya (2005), in Les Cahier d Afrique de l est N 26, French Institute for Research in Africa, Nairobi, pp 1-38. 3 P a g e 2011
Other publications Internal Struggles, state influence and schism in the church: competing visions and struggles in the African independent Pentecostal church of Kenya (2004) in Les Cahiers D Afrique de L Est, No. 25, French Institute for Research in Africa, Nairobi. Choosing the president: electoral campaigns in northern Central Kenya (2005) in H, Maupeu, M, Katumanga & W, Mitullah (eds.) The Moi Succession: Elections 2002, Transafrica Press, Nairobi. Contemporary sayings and changing patterns of social relations in Nairobi (2005) in L Afrique Orientale Annuaire 2004, L Harmattan, Paris. Kikuyu burial practices in the suburbs of Nairobi published as «Funérailles kikuyu dans les quartiers de Nairobi» (2003) in Droz, Y et Maupeu, H. (dir), Les Figures de la Morts à Nairobi: une capital sans cimetières, IUED -IFRA-CREPAO, L Harmattan, Paris. Books (translations) Writing for Kenya: The Life and Works of Henry Muoria, Brill Publishers, 2009. (Translation from Gikuyu to English). Contributions and editing by Wangari Muoria-Sal, Bodil Folke Frederiksen, John Lonsdale and Derek Peterson. The Life of Charles Muhoro Kareri, African Studies Center, University of Wisconsin (2003). (Translation from Gikuyu to English). Edited by Derek Peterson Conferences, Colloquiums, Seminars, Short Training Presented a paper at the conference on Public Understanding of Science in Africa titled, Ecotourism and interactions of experts and local people in conservation efforts in Kenya, at the British Institute for Research in Africa-Nairobi, 22/23/24 September 2010. Degrading paradise: Eco-tourism ideals and contradictory actors practices in Kenya s protected areas, research seminar paper given to the Political Ecology Group, University of Cambridge, 17 November 2009. Resource person and discussant in the workshop Proficiency standardization and validation of tourism training by the Catering and Tourism Development Levy (CTDLT), 15 th September 2009, Silver Spring Hotel, Nairobi. Training in Research Methods with special emphasis on qualitative, qualitative, spatial analyses and field work, organised by the National Centre for Scientific Research-Paris, Institute for Research and Development-Paris, 3 rd to 14 th July 2006, Nairobi. Impact of tourism on nature: The management of Mt. Kenya. Paper Presented at the International colloquium on governance stakes and sustainable tourism development in protected areas held on 24 th /25 th /26 th November, 2005, Nice, France. 4 P a g e 2011
Community based forest management in Kenya: the case of mount Kenya area, Seminar presentation made during the National Centre for Competence in Research, East African Review Workshop between 21st- 26th August, 2004, Sportsman s Arms, Nanyuki, Kenya. Scholarships, Grants/Fellowship awards Research grant by the French Embassy, Nairobi for scientific exchange in France between 4 th -23 rd December, 2010. Visiting fellow, University of Cambridge, Wolfson College and the Centre of African Studies on the theme, Public Understanding of Science in Africa, 2009-2010. French Government Scholarship for PhD studies at the University of Bordeaux III, French Embassy, Nairobi, 2005-2008. PhD Fieldwork grants from the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), Nairobi, 2005-2007. Master studies (at the university of Nairobi) scholarship by the National Centre for Competence in Research North-South (NCCR-NS), Research Partnership Programme for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change, Switzerland, 2002-2004. Professional Affiliation Conservation and Society journal, associate editor Environmental Conservation journal, Manuscript reviewer IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group Association of French Alumni in Kenya French Institute for Research in Africa-Nairobi British Institute in Eastern Africa-Nairobi Ecotourism Kenya (EK), member Community Service Trustee and secretary to the board of Doublegee Educational Trust, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006-Present. Publicity Secretary, Nairobi University Association for a Drug Free Society, 1996/1997. 5 P a g e 2011