Kalyango Ronald Sebba is the East African research lead on a global project on the politics and process of refugee leadership. He is a lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Kyambogo University, Kampala Uganda. Until recently he was lecturer at the School of Women and Gender Studies and the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University. His PhD topic is ‘Returning home: Gender and Choice among Internally Displaced Persons in Gulu district, Northern Uganda. He teaches courses on Social Policy, Community Health, women in Conflict and post conflict situations; forced migration; refugee livelihoods and household economy; Migration Health, Gender Based Violence. He has coordinated several programs such as: a Certificate course- Migration Health run by the School of Social Sciences Makerere University, Center for health and Migration -University of Vienna and supported by the IOM; two collaborative programs between Makerere University and the University of Oldenburg, Germany that is Implementing Migration Studies (IMMIS) and European Masters in Migration and Inter Cultural Relations (EMMIR). He also served as Senior Education and Training Officer for the Refugee Law Project in Kampala between 2000-2002 where he established a training program on Human Rights and Refugee Law. He is a researcher with the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) School of Oriental and African Studies, UK. Ronald is a member of several academic associations such as the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Social Science Research Council and recently, the newly formed Network of Academics on Forced Displacement in the East, Horn and the Great Lakes Region for the Promotion of Solutions for Displaced People and Migrants.