Transforming Work in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Monday, 7 July 2025: 15:45
Location: ASJE020 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
Oral Presentation
Trywell KALUSOPA, University of Zambia, Zambia
Panelist short bio

Trywell Kalusopa

Professor Trywell Kalusopa is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Zambia. Until recently, he worked as Professor in the School of Humanities, Society & Development at the University of Namibia. He has also previously worked at University of Zambia, University of Botswana, and University of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has served in numerous leading positions such as: principal researcher/consultant on labour and employment projects with the African Union-APRM, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), International Labour Organisation (ILO), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), ITUC-Africa, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)- Africa Region and Global in Brussels, various trade union federations across the African continent; Director of Education/Research at the Southern Africa Trade Union Co-ordination Council (SATUCC); Board Member of African Labour Research Network (ALRN) and African Labour Research & Education Institute (ALREI); Steering Committee Member of the Rights-Based Social Protection – Africa Region. He is also the founding Executive Director of the Zambia Institute for Labour Research & Development (ZILARD).