Nicholas Mugabi (PhD) is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Social Science at Makerere University. He holds a double degree PhD in Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a PhD in Sociology, Makerere University, Uganda. He also has an advanced Master of Science in Development Evaluation & Management from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, Masters of Arts in Sociology, and Bachelors of Arts in Social Sciences from Makerere University, Uganda. Nicholas has vast experience in the education sector, Monitoring and Evaluation, research, and community engagement. He is also passionate at Digitation and AI, ICT4D, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) of projects and programs. For the last 16 years, Nicholas has participated in university teaching and social research at Makerere University, University of Antwerp, and the Infectious Disease Institute-Iganga-Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site. He has also led several research and M&E consultancies with CSOs such as Restless Development-Uganda, Goals of Hope-Uganda, Lutheran World Relief, World Vision, among others. He is an advisor and Board member of several CSOs and social enterprises. He has also published academic articles in the fields of education, ICT4D, financial inclusion, community livelihood, children’s rights, and agricultural development
Gender Relations in the Utilisation of Digital Technologies in the Changing Food Production Systems in Northern Uganda Book Section
In: African Food Systems: Rethinking Prospects for Continental Sustainable Transformation, pp. 151–178, Springer, 2025.
The Continuing Colonization of Higher Education in Africa: Interrogating the Modes and Channels at an African Premier University Journal Article
In: Makerere University Journal of Research and Innovations in Teacher Education (RITE), vol. 1, no. 2, 2025.
Students’ Experiences of Experiential Learning During COVID-19 Book Section
In: State, Andrew Ellias; Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred; Ahikire, Josephine; Mugumya, Levis; Khanakwa, Pamela (Ed.): Reclaiming Learning: Pedagogical Struggles and Innovations in Higher Education in Uganda, pp. 166–197, Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda, 2025.
Livelihood outcomes of social innovations for mobile agricultural extension service delivery in South-Central Uganda Book Section
In: Social Justice Innovation in Africa, pp. 115–128, Routledge, 2024.
Children as Rights-Holders in Uganda: Their Knowledge and Perception of Rights Protection Structures Journal Article
In: vol. 27, pp. 38-58, 2021.
Digitization of agricultural extension services-a case of mobile phone-based extension delivery in central uganda Journal Article
In: International Technoscience and Development (IJTD), vol. 4, no. 2019, pp. 24–40, 2019.
Digitization of Agricultural Extension Services- A case of Mobile Phone- based Extension Delivery in Central Uganda Journal Article
In: vol. 4, pp. 24-40, 2019.
Revolutionalizing agriculture extension delivery through mobile telephony: The experience of village enterprise agent model in Greater masaka area, Uganda Journal Article
In: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, vol. 217, pp. 963–974, 2018.
Social Network Effects on Mobile Money Adoption in Uganda Journal Article
In: Journal of Development Studies, vol. 54, pp. 327-342, 2018.
Micro-credit utilization and its impact on household income: A comparative study of rural and urban areas in Iganga district Journal Article
In: Makerere University, 2010.