Research Leadership

Investigators and Policy Fellows

SSI's multidisciplinary directorate unites field agronomists, aquatic ecologists, and veteran regulatory economists to inform national policy.

Executive Directorate

Principal Investigators

Guiding empirical field trials and institutional regulatory frameworks across East Africa.

Executive Director
Agronomy Fellow
Aquaculture Head

Dr. Emmanuel Okello

Dr. Sarah Namubiru

James Katongole

Specialising in agricultural economics and public policy frameworks, coordinating national stakeholder engagements.

Directing field-level soil science studies and smallholder resilience trials across the Lake Victoria basin.

Overseeing sustainable aquatic production systems, biosecurity compliance, and commercial fisheries research.

Institutional Standards

Scientific Advisory Council

Our research direction is governed by an independent council of regional scholars, veterinary epidemiologists, and agricultural economists who enforce rigorous peer-review standards before any policy brief is released to public authorities.

All investigators maintain strict annual conflict-of-interest disclosures and adhere to transparent data-sharing protocols to ensure absolute impartiality in our advisory work with government ministries.

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