Nelson Fernando MANHISSE

Research Interests:

• Economics of Education; Smallholders, Inequality, Poverty and Human Capital Formation; Human Capital and Economic Development

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-0865
researchmap: https://researchmap.jp/n_manhisse?lang=en

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan (Sep. 2022)
• Master of Economics, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan (Sep. 2019)
• Research Student, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan (Apr. 2017 – Sep. 2017)
• Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique (2013)

Academic Associations:

• African Educational Research Forum
• Japan Society for International Development

Academic Conference Presentation:

• Manhisse, N. “Do Social Factsors Prevent Smallholder Farming Children from Enrolling and Attaining More Years of Schooling in Mozambique?”, Poster presented at the 32^nd Annual Conference of the Japan Society of International Development (JASID), Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2021.
• Manhisse, N. “Are Poor Smallholder Farmers’ Children Being Left at the Bottom of the Education Pyramid in Mozambique?”, Paper presented at the 2021 International Education Development Forum (IEDF), University of Tsukuba, 2021.
• Manhisse, N. “Smallholder Households Characteristics and Offspring’s Basic Education in Mozambique”, Poster presented at the 31^nd JASID Annual Conference, Tokyo, Apr. 2021.
• Manhisse, N. et al. “Who owns our water?”, Project presented at Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance (YICGG), Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2019.
• Manhisse, N. “Empirical Analysis of Teacher Absence and Student Achievement in Mozambique Public Primary Education”, Paper presented at Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 2019.
• Manhisse, N. “Empirical Analysis of Teacher Absence and Student Achievement in Mozambique Public Primary Education”, Paper presented at International Education Development Forum, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Nov. 2018.
• Manhisse, N. “Analysis of Household Factors Influencing Student’s Enrollment in TVET in Mozambique”, International Education Development Forum, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 2017.
• Manhisse, N. “Is it the Sea Only Water?”, Paper presented at the seminar “Maritime Imaginary”, organized by the Embassy of France, Maputo, Mozambique, June 2015

Publication:

• Crossing of Parallels Lines (orig. title: O CRUZAMENTO DE LINHAS PARALELAS), Livaningo, Maputo, 2013 (essay’s book on Mozambican Literature)
• Indecent Stories (orig. title: Histórias Indecentes), Aemo, Maputo, 2012 (short stories)

Awards:

• Japanese Ministry of Education, (MEXT) Scholarship (Apr. 2017 – Sep. 2022)
• “November 10th – Maputo City Literary Prize”, Poems (Humus – not edited), 2016
• “TDM Literary Prize” (Indecent Stories), Mozambique, 2012

Languages:

• English (fluent), Portuguese (native), Changana and Tswa (native), French and Spanish (basic notions)
• Stata, Python, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Message to Potential Candidates to Ogawa Seminar:

As a member of the Ogawa Seminar, I assure the prospective candidates that our classes are a vivid exchange of knowledge and dreams and jointly seeking solutions to current global challenges in the development field. Professor Ogawa has wisdom, charisma, and rich working experience in the development economics world, and he truly is kind and supportive. All this is spiced by the multicultural and multidisciplinary nature of its members. Join us. You will have your job done, and your dreams will become true.