About
Fundi Wandisunga Kayamba-Phiri is a social science researcher and development practitioner with experience in environmental governance, climate adaptation, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and food security. Her expertise includes strategic learning, research coordination and the use of evidence to inform policy and programme decisions. Her work also addresses community participation, youth engagement and social inclusion.
She is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at OsloMet’s Department of International Studies and Interpreting. Her doctoral research explores the democratic significance of silence in environmental governance in Malawi, examining the relationships between voice, silence, power and participation.
She holds master’s degrees in International Development Studies from NMBU and Diaconia and Christian Social Practice from VID.
Field of study
Knowledge management Natural Resource Management Process evaluation Gender and development research Food policy Environmental ethics Environmental governance Food Security Participatory Action Research Research communication Integrated Water Resources Management Climate change adaptation Community resilience Climate change mitigation Disaster risk management Arts-based Research
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Wandisunga
(2025).
Beyond Promises. Revisiting Empowerment through Decolonial Perspectives on Low-Carbon Technologies and Women’s Livelihoods in Malawi. In M. I. Kamlongera (Ed.), Decoloniality in Gender Discourse and Praxis: A View from the Margins (1st ed.).
ISBN: 9781003478645.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003478645
Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Wandisunga
; Synnevåg, Gry; Limuwa, Moses Majid
(2020).
Between the Sun and Fish Are People: A Socio-economic Study of Solar Dryers for Fish Processing in Malawi.
Singh, Bal Ram; Safalaoh, Andy; Amuri, Nyambilila A.; Eik, Lars Olav; Sitaula, Bishal K.; Lal, Rattan (Ed.).
Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa. p. 373-393.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37537-9_22
Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Wandisunga
; Limuwa, Moses Majid; Storebakken, Trond
(2020).
Of ‘White Elephant’ in Fisheries: A Conflict Resolution Model Around the Usage of Climate-Smart Fish Postharvest Technologies in Lake Malawi.
Singh, Bal Ram; Safalaoh, Andy; Amuri, Nyambilila A.; Eik, Lars Olav; Sitaula, Bishal K.; Lal, Rattan (Ed.).
Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa. p. 313-327.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37537-9_19
