Dr Lombe Mwambwa works on gender inequalities in the context of sport. Her research interests focus on gender inequalities and social development in Zambia and around the world.

Dr Mwambwa is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She leads the stream of work at the Global Observatory for Gender Equality and Sport (the GO) on development of a monitoring mechanism to facilitate accountability for progress towards gender inequalities in sport, physical activity and physical education.