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Peter Mayeso Jiyajiya
Peter Mayeso Jiyajiya is a lecturer in linguistics and communication at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). He is currently the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Ph.D. scholar in English language and linguistics at the University of Glasgow. He holds a Master of Arts in applied linguistics and a Bachelor of Education, both from the University of Malawi. His research interests focus on the role of language in development and science communication, particularly climate change, disaster risk management, health discourse and their impact on livelihood of communities. He has been a principal investigator for the UNESCO project on linguistic diversity in cyberspace which aims to create a multilingual cyber platform that will enable easy access to information using Malawian languages (August 2021–February 2022). He has been part of the team developing the Malawi Medical Dictionary for the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust. He has also been involved in training journalists in health and environmental communication. He has published in areas of language and climate change, and health communication.
Contact: Malawi University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 5196, Limbe, Malawi, Africa.