Catherine Odora Hoppers

Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers (born July 3, 1957) is a Ugandan-born Professor in Development Education in South Africa. She has worked in Sweden, was based in South Africa, and now (2025) at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada.

Life Odora Hoppers was born in Uganda. She studied in Uganda, Zambia and Sweden. She has a doctorate in international pedagogy from Stockholm University. She has worked as an international policy adviser to UNESCO and to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the governments of South Africa

She is currently (2020) living in Gulu, Uganda.

Awards Discussing Africa in a Knowledge-Based Economy in 2015. Left to Right: Kingsley Moghalu, Martial De-Paul Ikounga, journalist Nozipho Mbanjwa, Oluwatoyin Sanni, Julius Akinyemi, Francis Gurry, Odora-Hoppers, Mactar Silla and Snowy Khoza Odora Hoppers was awarded an honorary doctorate from Örebro University in Philosophy in 2008 and another from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa in 2012. "The Development Gulag, Sustainable Human Development, and Their Implications for Africa's Self Image and Renewal", p. 157-174. Chapter in Chasing Futures. Africa in the 21st Century - Problems and Prospects. Prah KK & Teka T. Cape Town. CASAS & OSSREA. 2003. "African Renaissance, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Challenge of Integrating Knowledge Systems", p. 412-428. Chapter in Globalizing Africa. Smith M. ed. Trenton NJ. Africa World Press. 2003. "Eco-Social Wisdom of Billions and the Philosophy of its Articulation: Ethical and Strategic Imperatives", p. 14-38. Chapter in Multiple Languages, Literacies and Technologies. Slide PV ed. New Delhi & Frankfurt. 81-89164-11-2. 2004 "Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development: The Role of the University", p. 42, Johannesburg. Center for Education Policy Development. 2005. "Between 'Mainstreaming' and 'Transformation': Lessons and Challenges for Institutional Change", p. 55-74. Chapter in Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004 . Chisholm L. & September J. Cape Town. HSRC Press. 2005. "Constructing a Conceptual Framework for Historically Black Universities (HBUs) in a Developmental Paradigm", p. 47-64. Chapter in Within the Realms of Possibility. From Disadvantage to Development at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the North. Nkomo M; Swartz D; Maja B. Human Sciences Research Council Press. 2006. "Establishing a Systems Dialogue between South Africa and Sweden", p. 1-14. Chapter of Odora Hoppers; Gustavsson B; Motala E; Pampallis J. Democracy and Human Rights in Education and Society: Explorations from South Africa and Sweden. Örebro University. Örebro University Press. 2007. "Towards a Systems Dialogue: Exploring Issues in Educational Reform in Sweden and South Africa", p. 15-35. Chapter of Odora Hoppers; Lundgren UP Pampallis J.; Motala E; Nihlfors E., Dilemmas of Implementing Education Reforms. Explorations from South Africa and Sweden. Uppsala University. STEP. 2007.