Nilza César

Nilza César is a PhD candidate at the African Studies Centre Leiden. The aim of Nilza’s research and dissertation is to identify the factors that have both positively and negatively influenced the development of the Eduardo Mondlane University on the academic, administrative and management structure and functioning from 1976 to 2011. This will be done applying qualitative research design, and using a methodology that comprises a participatory assessment of the development (PADev).  The PADev approach will be used as an alternative approach to get the full picture of the development and change in this particular Higher Education Institution, allowing the internal collaborators identifying the development initiatives resulting from the aid interventions’ taking place within the institution, as well as the main actors and their roles.