“What is Social Reproduction?” is the sixth session of our Political Economy Teach-in Series. It was held on May 24, 2023, and delivered by Prof. Ossome.


Prof. Ossome is an Associate Professor and Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), and has previously held the posts of Associate Professor of Political Studies at Wits University, Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research and Senior Research Associate at University of Johannesburg. She is an editorial board member of Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy and has served on the executive committee for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and on the board of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). She has published and taught extensively on the question of social reproduction, with particular attention to social reproduction and labour in agrarian contexts.

Our South Feminist Political Economy Teach-in Series aims to strengthen intergenerational dialogue and build a cross-regional feminist constituency. The series covers various topics to interrogate and strengthen understanding of issues shaping conditions in the Global South.