Research Interests

• Digital Rights, Journalism, New Media, Freedom of Expression, Access to Information, Media and Communication Policy and Regulation, Intersection between Media and democracy

Publications

• Kainja, J. (2026). Surveillance, privacy, and civil society: The struggle for digital rights in Malawi. African Human Rights Law Journal, 25, pp. 913-931.
  2025  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (Eds.). (2025). The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  2025  |  BOOK
• Kainja, J. (2025). State surveillance in Malawi: Changes and continuities. In T. Roberts & A. Mare (Ed.). Digital Surveillance in Africa: Power, Agency, and Rights (pp. 113–132). London: Zed Books.
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (2025). Decolonising the African Radio: Prospects and Challenges. In Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (Eds.). (2025). The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (2025). The BBC's Legacy in Africa. In Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (Eds.). (2025). The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (2025). Torn Between Multiple Interests: Correspondents and the BBC Legacy in Africa. In Sharra, A., Kainja, J., & Gunde, A.M. (Eds.). (2025). The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Ndasauka, Y., Kainja, J. & Harawa, E. (2025). Fostering Mental Health Dialogue through Participatory Performance in Mangochi, Malawi. In Chisiza, Z. (Ed.). (2025). Theatre and Media for Social Change in Malawi (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003648437
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Kainja, J. (2025) 'Digital-ID in Malawi: Country Report', in 'G. Sesan and T. Roberts (eds), Biometric Digital-ID in Africa: Progress and Challenges to Date - Ten Country Case Studies, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2025.061
  2025  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Ndasauka, Y., & Kainja, J. (2024). Stewards or Manipulators? Knowledge Brokers’ Complex Positionality in Combating the COVID-19 Infodemic in Malawi. African Journalism Studies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2024.2341923
  2024  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Maliwichil, L., Fiskani Kondowe, F., Mmanga, C., Mchenga, M., Kainja, J., Nyamali, S. & Ndasauka, Y. (2024) The mental health toll among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi. Sci Rep 14, 10327. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61216-x
  2024  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Mchenga, M., Ndasauka, Y., Kondowe, F., Kainja, J., Maliwichi, L., & Nyamali, S. (2024). Mental health is just an Addendum: Assessing stakeholder’s perceptions on COVID-19 and mental health services provision in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 19(6), e0305341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305341
  2024  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Kainja, J., Makhumula, C., Twabi, H. S., Gunde, A. M., & Ndasauka, Y. (2024). Cultural determinants of COVID-19 vaccines misinformation in Malawi. Palgrave Communications, 11(1), 1-6.
  2024  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Foster Gondwe, Jimmy Kainja, Yamikani Ndasauka (2024) The Complex Interplay of Technology and Mental Health During COVID-19
  2024  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Kainja J (2024). Outsourcing Repression: Impunity and Harassment of Journalists in Malawi
  2024  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Mmanga C, Ndasauka Y, Kainja J, Kondowe F, Mchenga M, Maliwichi L and Nyamali S (2023) The world is coming to an end! COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among adolescents in Malawi. Front. Psychiatry 13:1024793. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1024793.
  2023  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Kainja, J (2023) Legal and Policy Gaps Affecting Digital Rights in Malawi. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jh.v31i1.1
  2023  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Anthony M Gunde; Jimmy Kainja (2023) Digital Technologies, Elections and Campaigns in Malawi
  2023  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Kainja, J. (2022) The Media and Freedom of Expression in Democratic Malawi: A Formality or Reality? In: Adeola, A., Mutua, M.W. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Democracy, Governance and Justice in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74014-6_15
  2022  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Kainja J, Ndasauka Y, Mchenga M, Kondowe F, M'manga C, Maliwichi L, Nyamali S. (2022) Umunthu, Covid-19 and mental health in Malawi. Heliyon. 2022 Oct 31;8(11):e11316. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11316. PMID: 36353175; PMCID: PMC9638767.
  2022  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Kainja, J. (2021) Media Education, Democratisation and Media Capture at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. In: Manthalu, C.H., Chikaipa, V., & Gunde, A.M. (eds). Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa: A Democratic Pedagogy for the Future (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003125440
  2021  |  BOOK-CHAPTERS
• Heyns, C., Tlakula, P., Fombad, C, and Kainja, J. (2019) The Right to Political Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Global Journal of Comparative Law. Vol. 8, Issue 2, p: 128-161. DIO: 10.1163/2211906X-00802202.
  2019  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE
• Allcock, A. & Kainja, J. (2011) Reimagining 21st Century Development in Malawi: Generating and Sharing Knowledge Beyond the Traditional Establishment. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 42 (5): 99-103. Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2011.00259.x
  2011  |  JOURNAL-ARTICLE

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