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My core research interests revolve around the thematic areas of families, youth, and children, as well as older persons. I am also an ardent qualitative researcher with expertise in the use of NVivo software for data management and analysis.,
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Dr Mayeso Lazaro is an Educator, Researcher, and Consultant. He is the former Head of Human Ecology and Agricultural Sciences Department at the University of Malawi. Mayeso holds an interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Geography and Social Sciences from the University of Hull, United Kingdom, a Master of Science (MSc) in Family Ecology and Practice from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Bachelor of Education Humanities from the University of Malawi, Malawi. As an Educator, Mayeso trains undergraduate students at the University of Malawi in various courses, inter alia: Program Design and Evaluation; Family and Community; Family Economics; Family Theories and Approaches; Research Methods; and Research Project and Applied Statistics. He has also taught the Household Environmental Management module in the Master of Environmental Sciences (MES) programme at the same institution. As a Researcher, Mayeso’s interests generally fall in the thematic areas of families, youth, children, and older persons. He is an ardent qualitative researcher with expertise in the use of NVivo software for data management and analysis. Mayeso has participated in several projects, including: 1) Child to Child Project (Learning through Play) ($761,165 as a Co-Principal Investigator, being funded by IDRC; 2) Complementary Feeding Bowl (IYCF) Project (January 2022-December 2022; $135,000) as a Co-Principal Investigator, being funded by UNICEF; 3) the Pro-Farmer Project (2017 to 2020; $120,000; funded by OSISA) as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Data Manager; and 4) Energy Provision in Developing Countries: Understanding the Private Sector Role and Challenges of Private Sector Participation in Scaling Up Energy Access and Uptake in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi (2020-2021; funded by GCRF). Mayeso has also been a member of various international professional societies and organizations, including: The British Society of Gerontology (BSG); African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN); Royal Geographical Society (RGS) with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG); International Social Sciences Council; The Southern Childhoods Network; Research Network for Children, Youth, and Families; and the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).
Publications
- Journal Article
Lazaro, M. C., Walker, L., & Robson, E. (2023). Invisible in Plain Sight? Grandfathers Caring for Orphaned Grandchildren in Rural Malawi. African Studies, 82(1), 43-66. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2023.2212616
- Book
Hadfield-Hill, S., Finn, M., Dudman, J., Ergler, C., Freeman, C., Hayes, T.A., Jarman, P., Leon, L., Lazaro, M.C., Latai-Niusulu, A. and Oza, E., (2023). Expanding the scope of ethical research with and for children and young people–six viewpoints on crisis, cross-cultural working and reciprocity. Children's Geographies. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2023.2259331
- Conference Papers
1) Lazaro, M., Robson, E., & Walker, L. (2021). Invisible in plain sight? Grandfathers caring for orphaned grandchildren in rural Malawi. Development Studies Association (DSA) 2021 Annual Conference (Virtual), “Ageing and older age: unsettling development assumptions”. University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, June 14 - July 2, 2021. (2021)
- Book Chapters
Keating, N., Eales, J., Phillips, J., Avalon, L., Lazaro, M., Montes de Oca, V., Rea, P. & Tyagi, P. (2021). Critical human ecology and global contexts of rural ageing. In M. Skinner, R. Winterton and K. Walsh (Eds) Rural Gerontology: Towards Critical Perspectives on Rural Ageing (pp 52-63), Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. (2021)
- Conference Papers
Lazaro, M.C. (2017). Exploring the emotional cost of researching in communities affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty in Malawi. The 5th Annual Researchers in Development Network (RiDNet) Conference “I, Researcher: exploring the research experience - context, self and interdisciplinary practice” – January 27, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. (2017)
- Conference Papers
Lazaro, M.C. (2016). Learning with tears? The emotional cost of researching in communities affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty in rural Southern Malawi. The Process and Challenges of Conducting Research on Africa: From the Library to the Field – November 3, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom. (2016)
- Conference Papers
Lazaro, M.C., Skrypnek, B.J., & Williams, D. (2011). The Health Immigrant Effect: Changes of Immigrants and Refugees Health over Time. The National Council for Family Relations 73rd Annual Conference ““Families and the Shifting Economy"” – November 16-19, 2011, Rosen Center Hotel, Orlando, Florida, US. (2011)
