About
Cleopas's research addresses the broad questions of multidimensional poverty, inequality, wellbeing, health gain, everyday ethics, and human rights. Before his current role as a Postdoctoral Fellow at OsloMet, he served as a lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Sociology at the University of Zambia. Cleopas earned his PhD at the University of Oxford as a Commonwealth Scholar for a thesis on the Relational Dimensions of Poverty as a Social Phenomenon.
He is Post Doctoral research focuses on the Gendered Dimensions of Empowerment in Social Assistance Programmes (GENDERSAP), conducting a comparative study of urban and rural Zambia through innovative couples research. He is a co-editor of the forthcoming volume The Politics of Welfare in the Global South, by Oxford University Press (2024).
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel
; Michelo, Stanfield; Masumbu, Gibson
(2024).
Social Policy and Social Development in Zambia.
Chitonge, Horman; Fundanga, Caleb M.; Songwe, Vera; Kabinga, Mundia (Ed.).
The Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy. p. 211-230.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192864222.013
Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel
(2024).
Gender in Welfare in the South: An Unruly Category?.
Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel; Pellissery, Sony (Ed.).
The Politics of Welfare in the Global South. p. 205-223.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197698716.003.0008
Biswas, Sattwick Dey;
Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel
(2024).
The Politics of Welfare in the Global South: An Introduction.
Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel; Pellissery, Sony (Ed.).
The Politics of Welfare in the Global South. p. 1-20.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197698716.003.0001
Biswas, Sattwick Dey; Sambo, Cleopas Gabriel ; Pellissery, Sony (2024). The Politics of Welfare in the Global South. ISBN: 9780197698686. 300 p. Oxford University Press.
