Prof Magreth Bushesha

Prof Magreth Bushesha

(Deputy Rector Academic, Research and Consultancy)

Professor Magreth Shimba Bushesha is an associate professor in Geography and environmental Management at the Local Government Training Institute (LGTI). She focuses her research works on climate change and livelihoods - an area she has researched and published widely. She has so far participated in numerous consultancy work in environmental management. She has supervised over forty environmental related research projects for postgraduate students successfully which added up to her research experiences in her field of specialization. Administratively, Professor Bushesha serves as Deputy Rector Academic, Research and Consultancy at LGTI. Before moving to LGTI she worked with the Open University of Tanzania where apart from serving as associate professor in the Department of Geography, she also held different administrative positions including Director of Postgraduate Studies, Director of the African Council for Distance Education-Technical Committee on Collaboration (DACDE-TCC), Director of Quality Assurance and Control, and Head of Geography Department. Professor Bushesha is an experienced policy analyst in areas of environment and natural resources management. She is a recipient of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Scholarship which enabled her to pursue her PhD studies at the University of Bradford. She also holds a master’s degree in geography and Environmental Management and a bachelor's degree with education majoring geography both from the University of Dar es Salaam.