Prof Baguma is a Ugandan Psychologist. In 1982, he started working as a Teaching Assistant in the School of Psychology. Now he is at the rank of Full Professor.
His areas of research include: Psycho trauma, organizational behavior: social psychology, Organizational Development, Stress, coping and resilience, Psychological testing, Health behavior, psychosocial aspects of chronic illness (HIV/AIDS, cancer, T2DM, etc.) and pandemics, human development, mental illness, psycho-social intervention and cross-cultural research.
He has won 13 competitive research grants and 15 consultancy projects, written 80 articles in refereed journals, 2 book reviews, and 13 book chapters, edited 7 books, participated in at least one international book writing project, wrote 4 policy briefs, 4 departmental manuscripts, 3 ephemera, and held interviews with the media on the subject of Psychology. He has conducted/convened/organized, or attended at least 200 public events including seminars, workshops, conferences and congresses.
He has initiated 20 international research collaboration and linkages and short trainings for Makerere Community and co-produced a tool to assess Corruption and Integrity.
Regarding community service, he has won 11 consultancies, led the community in various capacities including holding various posts in the local community and now being the Local Council Chairperson of Makerere Sub County. He has participated in fundraising for Makerere University where about 500 books and journals have been collected including PsycLIT a CD-ROM version of Psychological Abstracts from APA to help with literature review.
He has supervised over 200 masters’ level students, 16 PhDs. He has evaluated/advised 4 international PhD candidates and I have received 7awards/ honors. He is editor/reviewer/Guest Editor for 42 Journals and publishing houses including Springer Nature and Frontiers Journals. He is a reviewer for South African Research Foundation and a member to 37 past/present Senate/college/school/departmental committees. He is an external examiner to 22 local/international universities and member to 28 past and present professional organizations. Regarding academic administration, he served as the first elected Director for the Institute of Psychology in 2003, served as a Head of Department of Organizational and Social Psychology from 2005 -2011. From 2011 to 2015 he served as the first elected Dean of School of Psychology.
Unpacking gender-specific risk and protective factors for mental health status among Congolese refugees in Uganda Journal Article
In: European journal of psychotraumatology, vol. 15, pp. 2334190, 2024.
High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization Journal Article
In: PNAS nexus, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. pgae221, 2024.
Moral expansiveness around the world: The role of societal factors across 36 countries Journal Article
In: Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 305–318, 2023.
Interpersonal Relations and Achievement among University Upgrading (Grade V) Teacher Students. Journal Article
In: International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 40–52, 2020.
Perspectives of alcohol treatment providers and users on alcohol addiction and its facilitating factors in Uganda and Belgium Journal Article
In: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 184–194, 2019.