Terry Odhiambo

Email: terry.odhiambo@warwick.ac.uk

Current PhD student

Biography

Terry is a PhD candidate in Global Sustainable Development at the School of Cross-Faculty Studies at the University of Warwick Faculty of Arts. The Doctoral College at the University of Warwick has awarded her a Chancellor's International ScholarshipLink opens in a new window to research the climate change, forced migration, and human trafficking nexus in Kenya. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice (Magna Cum Laude) and a Master’s degree in Conflict Prevention & Dispute Resolution. She is an educator with 8 years of experience in justice, gender, and human rights, with certification in Instructional Design.

Research Overview

Her research explores climate change, forced migration and the human trafficking nexus in Kenya, with a particular focus on how social categories interact and shape lived experiences in complex and dynamic ways.

Academic Background

PhD Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2024-2028)
MA Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution, University Of Westminster, London, UK (2016)
BA Criminal Justice, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya (2014)

Supervisors

Professor Christopher Dolan, Global Sustainable Development, School of Cross-faculty Studies
Dr Gioia Panzarella, Global Sustainable Development, School of Cross-faculty Studies
Professor Sharifah Sekalala, School of Law

Research interests

With a particular focus on Kenya:

Climate change - migration nexus
Forced migration and displacement
Human trafficking vulnerabilities in migration contexts
Gender and climate-induced migration
African-centered scholarship

Funding and awards

2024-2028: Chancellor's International Scholarship by the Doctoral College at the University of Warwick
2015-2016: University of Westminster, UK, Full Fee Award
2014: Top Student (Magna Cum Laude), Criminal Justice Award

Publications

Odhiambo (2025). Unveiling hidden truths: Methodological challenges in documenting conflict-related sexual violence among trafficked persons and refugees in Kenya. Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. Uitgeverij Paris. https://www.uitgeverijparis.nl/nl/tijdschriften-online/journal-of-human-trafficking-enslavement
Terry Jeff Odhiambo. 2022. “The Politics of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Kenya.” In the struggle for Democracy in Africa: Elections, Coups and Popular Opinion. Africa Social Research Volume 2, 81-86 https://www.pasiri.org/general-8-34
Sungi, Simeon, Moses Osiro, and Terry Odhiambo. 2022. “M-pesa and Transnational Organised Crime: Causes and Facilitation Factors.” International Journal of Security Studies & Practice 2 (1): null. https://ijssp.ungjournals.org/articles/4
Odek, A., Wakumile, V., Odhiambo, T., & Akinyi, J. G. (2024). Influence of structural and institutional practices on depression among police officers in the National Police Service of Kenya. International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research, 8(1), 80-85. https://www.ijriar.com/Link opens in a new window
Odhiambo, Terry Jeff, and Antony Wando Odek. "Structural and Institutional Challenges of Prosecuting High-Profile Persons in Corruption-Related Cases in Kenya." In Comparative Criminology Across Western and African Perspectives. edited by Sungi, Simeon P., and Nabil Ouassini, 159-178. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2856-3.ch009

Conference & Workshop Presentations

GSD Annual Symposium, 2025, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, Presented on Exploring the Climate Change, Forced Migration and Trafficking Vulnerabilities in Kenya.
Development Studies Association (DSA), 2025, University of Bath, United Kingdom. Presented a paper on Community-led resilience in Baringo County, Kenya: capabilities approach to conflict resolution.
British Society of Criminology Conference, 2023, Preston, United Presented a paper on Climate Change and Gender Based Violence in Kenya
Annual Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference, 2023, USIU-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
Program on African Social Research’s second Junior Scholars’ Workshop, 2022, Accra, Ghana,
NACOSTI Research Ethics Training, 15-18 October 2019, Egerton University (Member of USIU- Africa Institutional Ethical Review Board)
Human Rights Course, Seoul National University Human Rights Center, Seoul, South Korea, January 8-19,
Regional and International Human Rights Mechanisms Training by the African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies in Banjul, Gambia, October 2017
The Eastern Africa Consultation on the Amended African Court Protocol (Malabo Protocol), Strathmore University, Nairobi, 17-18 July
Gender and Transitional Justice in East Africa: Exchanging Experiences and Expertise, Strathmore Institute for Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC), Nairobi, 6-7 July 2017
Transitional Justice and Human Rights Summer School on Gender, Conflict and Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism: International, Regional and Local Dimensions, Ulster University, Belfast, United Kingdom, June 2017