12 Facts About Thandika Mkandawire

Thandika Mkandawire was a Malawian economist and public intellectual who was a Chair of African Development and professor of African Development at the London School of Economics.

Thandika Mkandawire is a widely published scholar on the social sciences in Africa.

Thandika Mkandawire's research focused in development theory and economic and social policy.

Thandika Mkandawire was born in Zimbabwe to a Malawian father and Zimbabwean mother.

Thandika Mkandawire spent much of his early childhood in Zambia but later moved to Malawi as an adolescent.

Thandika Mkandawire worked as a professor at the universities of Stockholm and Zimbabwe.

Thandika Mkandawire later served as a Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CODESRIA.

Thandika Mkandawire was on the board of the Social Science Research Council.

Thandika Mkandawire was awarded honorary degrees by the University of Helsinki, University of Ghana and York University.

Thandika Mkandawire was Chair and Professor of African Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Thandika Mkandawire was Olof Palme Professor for Peace with the Swedish Institute for Future Studies.

Thandika Mkandawire died in Stockholm, Sweden, on 27 March 2020, aged 79, following a stroke in January the same year.