Dr. Milliam Kiconco is a sociological criminologist and a gender specialist. She is a teacher by profession and has taught at the university level in Uganda for over 18 years. She is a senior lecturer at Kyambogo University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Population Studies. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social and Behavioural Sciences from the City University of Hong Kong. She completed a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education for Sustainability from London South Bank University, United Kingdom. Her undergraduate training includes a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology and Gender Studies with First Class Honours from Makerere University, Uganda, and a Diploma in Education from the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo, Uganda.

Outside the university, Dr. Milliam works part-time as a senior research fellow with Action Coalition for Climate Change, a local Non-Governmental Organisation, as a gender specialist on issues related to the impact of climate change on women. She has won several competitive grants to fund her studies and research. Her recent grant funded a study on the women’s experiences of pregnancy and childbirth inside Uganda prisons. Milliam has published different papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has a range of other papers under review.