Kanazayire Clémentine holds a PhD degree in Social Psychology from the “Université Libre de Bruxelles” in Belgium. She is currently an Associate Professor and Head of Mental Health Department in the University of Rwanda. She has twenty years of experience in research with main interest in psychosocial support, reconciliation in the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, collective memory, intergroup perceptions, social identity and Gender Based Violence.
Kanazayire Clémentine is currently involved in a project on contact hypothesis and reconciliation and another one regarding the impact of the genocide on the intergroup empathy bias between former perpetrators, survivors, and their children in Rwanda.