Laban Peter Ayiro

Laban Peter Ayiro is joining LIAS in Culture and Society as Associate Fellow, collaborating with Lydia Radoli. As the study “The Visual Witnessing of Trauma Phenomena Among Journalists: An Analysis of Various Media Images from East Africa”proposes to use Visual Rhetoric and Framing Theories to establish drivers behind the criteria for the selection of violent visuals, estimate the current prevalence of the trauma phenomenon among Visual Rhetors in East Africa, and suggest mitigation and support for visual rhetors, Laban Peter Ayiro will bring to the project foremost his broad methodological expertise and his engagement in African countries. He is Professor of Research Methods and Statistics at Daystar University, Nairobi, with a focus on international relations and entrepreneurship development.