Ahmed Nur Muse Ministry of Health Development, Somaliland (Consultant) & University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Doctoral Researcher)

Ahmed N. Muse is a doctoral researcher in Sociology at the University of Glasgow, where his PhD examines traditional maternal health and childbirth practices among Somali pastoral nomadic communities. His research uses ethnographic and decolonial approaches to foreground Somali women’s oral narratives, embodied knowledge, and spiritual practices as epistemic frameworks that challenge biomedical and colonial accounts of reproduction. Alongside his academic work, Ahmed brings over a decade of experience in international development, humanitarian response, and applied research across the Horn of Africa. He is currently serving as MEAL Consultant for the Ministry of Health Development on the World Bank–funded Damal Caafimad project. His previous roles include Social and Behaviour Change Specialist with UNICEF, Senior Regional Coordinator for the Somali Health and Nutrition Programme (SHINE Supply) with Mott MacDonald, Programme Coordinator with the Norwegian Refugee Council, Senior MEAL Officer with the Global Health Partnership, Project Manager for Human Rights with Handicap International, and Gender and FGM Project Manager with the International Solidarity Foundation. He has also provided consultancy and research support to numerous organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children, UNICEF, IOM, IDLO, SOS Children’s Village, Samuel Hall, FiinChurd Aid, THET, NCA, WFP, and THUSO. His professional expertise spans gender equity, maternal and child health, programme evaluation, and community resilience. Beyond academia and development practice, Ahmed is co-founder of the first School of Social Work at the University of Hargeisa and of Maandeeq University, a grassroots higher education institution in Somaliland dedicated to accessible, locally led knowledge production.