{"id":26,"date":"2021-03-30T12:58:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/schoolofgraduatestudies\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:25:51","slug":"staff-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/schoolofgraduatestudies\/staff-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFF PROFILES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Joseph Phiri
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To our students, prospective students, industry partners, local, national and international collaborators, sponsors of our students, and other stakeholders, I welcome you to the Copperbelt University School of Graduate Studies. This school is responsible for training postgraduate students at master\u2019s and doctoral levels of study, representing the pinnacle of academic study. The School of Graduate Studies is committed to a dedicated academic service to our students to ensure the provision of quality services culminating into quality and fully baked. Our students are so well trained in contemporary and leading-edge skills that they participate at the frontline of creating solutions to local, national and international problems upon graduation. The school draws its training programmes from other schools and directorates, namely, School of Built Environment, School of Business, Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld Institute for Peace and Security, School of Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Information and Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Mines and Mineral Sciences, and School of Natural Sciences. <\/span><\/p>\n

As such, we offer diverse training programmes ranging from accounting and finance, business administration, economics, mineral sciences, project management, environmental engineering, science education, climate sciences, urban planning, medicine and public health. We have assembled a team of appropriately qualified and experienced lecturers to handle the diverse learning needs of both master\u2019s and doctoral students. For our prospective doctoral students, we invite you to browse through the profiles of our research supervisors in order to gauge how your research needs align with our expertise. Our researchers are available to engage you in an initial informal conversation as you share your interim research thoughts through a concept note. We have a portfolio of international students coming from the sub-region including Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. This assemblage of students is a testament to our commitment to provide knowledge of international standard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once again, I welcome everyone to the School of Graduate Studies. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr\u00a0Joseph Phiri is the 3rd Dean of the Copperbelt University School of Graduate\u00a0Studies, a position he assumed on 1st July 2025. Before becoming Dean, Dr Phiri
served as School of Business Research Coordinator, Focal Point Person for the Copperbelt University Africa Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Mining (CBU-ACESM) thematic\u00a0group on Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility. He also served as Assistant Dean for the School of Business and Head of Department\u00a0for Operations and Supply Chain Management. Dr Phiri also served as the School\u00a0of Business Representative to the Kitwe & District Chamber of Commerce and\u00a0Industry for over 5 years. His academic background spans more than 22 years of\u00a0teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, both in Zambia and the\u00a0United Kingdom. The teaching experience has been in the areas of Financial\u00a0Management, Cost and Management Accounting, Advanced Management Accounting,\u00a0Project Finance, and International Business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph\u00a0has supervised several PhD, Master\u2019s and undergraduate students on topics\u00a0covering accounting, finance, corporate governance, auditing and financial
accountability. \u00a0He has published his\u00a0work on accounting, auditing, accountability and performance management in top-tier\u00a0international journals such as Accounting, Auditing & Accountability\u00a0Journal, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, Journal of Accounting and\u00a0Organisational Change, Financial Accountability & Management, Meditari\u00a0Accountancy Research, and Business and Professional Ethics Journal<\/i>. Through\u00a0his research and publication activities, Dr Phiri has won several prestigious\u00a0awards from renowned bodies including the British Academy of Management,\u00a0Emerald Publishing, and the Pan African Federation of Accountants. Dr Phiri has\u00a0written award winning research proposals which have won grants from both local\u00a0and international funders such as the Copperbelt University Research Grants
Committee, the National Science and Technology Council of Zambia, the European\u00a0Union Delegation to Zambia and COMESA, and the Czech Aid. Most of these
research grants involved collaborating not only with colleagues from other\u00a0faculties within the Copperbelt University but also partners from industry and\u00a0universities abroad. Dr Phiri\u2019s research interest lies at the interface between politics, power, informality, and tradition, with accounting, governance,\u00a0accountability and sustainability practices within public sector organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Scholar :\u00a0 https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zhIGLeMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/p>\n

Research Gate :\u00a0 https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Joseph-Phiri-2?ev=hdr_xprf<\/p>\n

Web of Science :\u00a0 https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/op\/publications\/summary<\/p>\n

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Dr. Makashini-Masiba is a specialist in sustainable urban\u00a0and real estate development<\/b>, particularly focusing on how community structures and built environments evolve in post-industrial contexts. Her expertise spans:<\/span><\/p>