Dr. Kagoro holds a PhD in Sociology and since 2013 has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), Bremen University, Germany. He has subsequently worked in three research projects; “Knowledge Production in German Peace and Security Policy”, “Figurations of Internationalized Rule in Africa” and “Policing in Africa”. He has done consultancies with police forces in both Uganda and Rwanda. In 2021, he authored a report on human rights in Uganda commissioned by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ). He has published widely on themes of militarization, civil-military relations and policing.