Baraka Ntibashigwa Budogo is a part time lecturer at the Institute of Rural Development Planning in Dodoma, Tanzania. In 2018, he joined Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to pursue a Master of science in Urban Planning and Management (MSc.UPM) under German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD-NELGA). He has worked on projects aimed at strengthening capacity on the sustainable use of natural resources, land tenure systems (land rights), and forestry management. He has also researched land displacement and its socio-economic implications to the livelihoods of urban and rural poor.