Philippa Nyakato Tumubweinee graduated with a DPhil in Higher Education Studies from the University of the Free State under the supervision of Prof Loyiso Jita (SANRAL Chair for Education | Dean of Education) and Prof Thierry Luescher (Research Director: Education and Skills Development, HSRC) in 2019. She is an associate Architect at Stewart & partners, and Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She served as the Head of School (HoS) at the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics (APG) from 2019 to 2022 and teaches primarily in the first year of the Bachelor of Architecture Studies programme. She is also active as a post graduate supervisor and researcher at the African Centre for Cities (ACC).