Ruth Murambadoro

Ruth Murambadoro
Ruth Murambadoro in 2025
CitizenshipZimbabwean
EducationUniversity of Pretoria (DPhil, MA in Political Sciences, BA Honours in International Relations, BPolSci)
OccupationsAssistant Professor, political feminist, researcher
EmployerMemorial University of Newfoundland
Notable workTransitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe (2020)

Ruth Ratidzai Murambadoro[1] (also known as Ruth Murambadoro) is a Zimbabwean Black political feminist and scholar, whose research explores transitional justice, feminist theory, gender justice, and peacebuilding in the Global South.[2][3][4] She is currently an Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada.[5] She authored Transitional justice in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe monograph in 2020.[6]

Education

Murambadoro holds a DPhil and an MA in Political Sciences, a BA Honours in International Relations, and a BPolSci, all from the University of Pretoria.[7]

Academic career

Murambadoro joined Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2024 as an Assistant Professor in Gender Studies.[5][8] She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University, affiliated with the Harriet Tubman Institute and the Centre for Feminist Research.[2] She was a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand from 2019 to 2021.[9][8] In 2022, She joined the Centre for Conflict Research, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany as a guest researcher.[10]

Murambadoro was a visiting fellow of the Centre of African Studies University of Cambridge in 2019[7] and a doctoral fellow of the Social Science Research Council's Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa programme from 2015 to 2018.[11] She served as an Emerging Scholar representative on the African Studies Association (ASA) Board of Directors in 2016 and received the ASA Presidential Fellowship in 2015.[12] Her Transitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe book, released in 2020, has been recognized for exploring how justice is understood and applied in African contexts, emphasizing local and community-based approaches to post-conflict reconciliation.[13]

Murambadoro collaborated with Ugandan scholar and editorial cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo on African and transnational feminisms through a panel discussion and creative exhibition events hosted by York University’s Centre for Feminist Research in October 2025.[14] In February 2026, Murambadoro delivered a keynote lecture at the Association for New Canadians' Black History Month celebration in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[15][16]

Awards and fellowships

  • Shortlisted and runner-up for the Africa Thesis Award, African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden University, 2015.[7]
  • African Studies Association Presidential Fellowship Award, 2015.[7]
  • African Pathways Doctoral Fellowship, National Institution for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015–2017.[7]
  • Three-time recipient of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Fellowship Award, 2015–2018.[7]
  • Tuks Young Research Leader Award, University of Pretoria, 2017.[7]
  • Visiting Research Fellowship, Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, 2019.[7]
  • Guest Researcher Fellowship Award, Nordic Africa Institute, 2020.[7]

Selected publications

  • Murambadoro, Ruth; Mandizvidza, Wilson, eds. (2022). The PhD Experience in African Higher Education. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781793645371.
  • Murambadoro, Ruth (2020). Transitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030480912.
  • “Beyond restorative justice: Understanding justice from an African perspective,” Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation, 9(1), 2020, pp. 43–69.
  • “‘We cannot reconcile until the past has been acknowledged’: Perspectives on Gukurahundi from Matabeleland, Zimbabwe,” African Journal on Conflict Resolution, 15(1), 2015, pp. 33–57.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Murambadoro, Ruth Ratidzai. "Ruth Ratidzai Murambadoro". Canadian Black Scientists Network. York University. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ruth Murambadoro". York University – Harriet Tubman Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ruth Murambadoro, Author at Kujenga Amani". Social Science Research Council. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Philipps-Universität Marburg (2022). "We are pleased to welcome Ruth Murambadoro as a guest researcher!". Centre for Conflict Research. Philipps-Universität Marburg. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Faculty". Gender Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "On the Blue Couch with Dr Ruth Murambadoro". Odile Mackett. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Govender, Kemantha (1 October 2019). "Meet our new staff at WSG". Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 Murambadoro, Ruth Ratidzai (2024). "ORCID profile". ORCID. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ruth Murambadoro". Africa Is a Country. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Philipps-Universität Marburg (2022). "We are pleased to welcome Ruth Murambadoro as a guest researcher!". Centre for Conflict Research. Philipps-Universität Marburg. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Stepping Stone for Emerging Scholars in Africa". Social Science Research Council. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "African Studies Association (ASA) Board Member". University of Pretoria – Department of Political Sciences. University of Pretoria. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Govender, Kemantha (29 July 2020). "Justice in Africa: what it means to Africans?". Wits School of Governance. University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Mukadzi, Musha, Rugare: Woman, Home, Freedom". Memorial University Gazette. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "Association for New Canadians Hosting Black History Month Celebration". VOCM. 25 February 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Remembering (Aspects of) Our Black Identity – Black History Month 2026". Association for New Canadians. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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