Ms Amie Kamanda
Postgraduate Research Student
Ms Amie Kamanda is Postgraduate Research Student within Social Sciences: Social Statistics & Demography at the University of Southampton.
I am postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences. My research interest is in population change at the micro-level. I am particularly interested in population change as a result of forced migration at the local level.
PhD Research topic
The demographic consequences of the Sierra Leone civil war, 1991-2002 is my research topic. The aim of the study is twofold. First, it will critically evaluate the demographic consequences of conflict in Sierra Leone, 1991-2002 by undertaking a retrospective investigation of the components that contributed the most to population change during the period of the civil war. Second, it aims to uncover the mechanisms that led to population decline in the Kono District in the intercensal period. The research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC Reference No.: ES/1026177/1).
Supervisors
I am undertaking the study under the supervision of Dr Jakub Bijak, Lecturer in Demography, University of Southampton and Dr Sabu Padmadas, Reader in Demography and Co-Director of GHP3 (Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty & Policy), University of Southampton
Education and qualifications
Mphil/PhD Demography, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2011-2014
MSc (Demography), University of Southampton, United Kingdom (2011)
MSc (Violence, Conflict and Development), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom (2009)
BA (History), University of Southampton, United Kingdom, (2007)
Employment
Presently, I am a postgraduate representative on the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences Ethics Committee. I have worked as a research assistant for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, United Nations in 2012 as well as the Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty & Policy, EDULINK Project, University of Southampton in 2011. During August 2011, I was an intern at the Demography Unit at Hampshire County Council, Research and Intelligence Group, Winchester. The internship was an opportunity to use administrative data such as census data and Hampshire County Council’s small area population forecasts (SAPF) to estimate the number of European Union migrant’s in Hampshire. Previously, I worked with several refugee organisations including the British Red Cross in Southampton, Evelyn Oldfield Unit and City Life Education and Action for Refugees.
Roles/responsibilities
Post graduate representative on the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences Ethics Committee.