Dr. Kon K. Madut is a part-time Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences. He taught multiculturalism and migration in Canada and Quebec; comparative politics courses at the School of Political Studies; the sociology of work and organizations, ethnic and the question of nations, the contemporary analysis of migration, and conflict and development at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies and Social Geography, at the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Geography, and International Development Issues in Africa, at the Faculty of International Development and Global Studies.
He has over 15 years of professional experience with the City of Ottawa Municipal Government, the Department of Social Services, and Community Programs in Ottawa, Canada.
His major research contributions include a doctoral dissertation on the issue of equity in employment, in which he studied migrants' experiences with unemployment in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has published and co-authored several peer-reviewed academic articles in the fields of ethnicity, identity issues, immigration, and employment in highly ranked international journals.
Dr Madut was conferred a PhD in Social Science by Tilburg University, Netherlands in 2012; a master's degree in liberal studies (MLS) from Fort Hays State University, USA, in 2007; a second master of science MSc in Aging and Health from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, a BA in Sociology from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 1994; and an Honors Social Services Worker (SSW) diploma from Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Madut is a member of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) and an associate member of the Taos Institute in the United States.