Janestic Twikirize is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University, Uganda. She holds a PhD in Social Work and Social Development. She has a teaching experience of more than 21 years at both undergraduate and post graduate levels and has supervised several graduate students to completion. She has published more than 36 scientific papers including seven (7) book publications; and has made over 30 presentations in international conferences in the past 5 years. Between 2012 and 2018, she served as the Vice President of the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa and a Board member of the IASSW for 5 years. She is a member of the Capacity Building committee. She supportsthe Africa Region Global Agenda Observatory. She is involved in several international academic partnership projects to promote social work education. Together with schools of social work in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Norway, she currently coordinates the implementation of an innovative approach, Community Social Labs, under the NORHED funded RESILIENT project, which aims to promote a decolonial, inclusive social work education. She spearheaded the development of the National Minimum Standards and Competency Framework for Social Work Education in Uganda in 2018.
Resilient education and mitigation of social problems: introducing community social labs in the social work curriculum Journal Article
In: Teaching Social Work: International Perspectives on Co-Creating the Curriculum, pp. 97, 2026.
Decolonizing Social Work in Africa Journal Article
In: Journal of Comparative Social Work, vol. 20, 2025.
Social work education in Uganda: A paradigm shift through community social labs approach Journal Article
In: Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies, vol. 7, pp. 67-85, 2025.
‘I am a victim without symptoms’: Perceived attributes of resilience for female survivors of child sexual abuse in rural Uganda Journal Article
In: African Journal of Social Work, vol. 15, pp. 11-22, 2025.
Engaged Scholarship through Community Social Labs: Advancing Indigenisation of Social Work Education in Uganda Journal Article
In: Journal of Comparative Social Work, vol. 20, pp. 79-109, 2025.
Deconstructing the psychosexual myths of female circumcision among the Pokot in Eastern Uganda: hints for public health campaigns Journal Article
In: Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 44–53, 2025.
Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in Armed Conflict and Forced Migration: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Insights Journal Article
In: Available at SSRN 5150938, 2025.
Decolonising Academic Partnerships between the United Kingdom and East Africa–The Ubuntu Partnership Book Section
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Glocal Social Work, pp. 251–263, Routledge, 2025.
Experiences of child sexual abuse survivors with formal child protection systems: An indigenist perspective Journal Article
In: Journal of Comparative Social Work, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 110–136, 2025.
Experiences of child sexual abuse survivors with formal child protection systems: An indigenist perspective Journal Article
In: Journal of Comparative Social Work, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 110–136, 2025.
‘I am a victim without symptoms’: Perceived attributes of resilience for female survivors of child sexual abuse in rural Uganda. Journal Article
In: African Journal of Social Work, vol. 15, no. 1, 2025.
Culturally responsive social work practice in Uganda: A review of selected innovative and indigenous models Journal Article
In: Social Work Practice in Africa: Indigenous and Innovative Approaches, pp. 125–144, 2019.
Traditional fostering in a post-conflict context: The case of Laroo-Pece Women’s Association in Northern Uganda Journal Article
In: Social work practice in Africa: Indigenous and innovative approaches, pp. 161–179, 2019.
Building resilience through indigenous mechanisms: The case of Bataka groups in Western Uganda Journal Article
In: Social work practice in Africa: Indigenous and innovative approaches, pp. 145–160, 2019.