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ACADEMIC STAFF

Political Studies Department, University of Cape Town
5th Floor, Robert Leslie Social Science Building, Upper Campus

Research Reports - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009


Permanent Academic Staff

Prof Annette Seegers
Head of Department

Rm 5.34, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503390
annette.seegers@uct.ac.za

International relations; civil military relations in Southern Africa; security among Southern African states; the role of the military in democratization

POL4007H
Honours Research/Project

POL5034F
Conflict in Africa

Dr John Akokpari
Senior Lecturer

Convenor: International Relations graduate programme

Rm 5.66, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503385
john.akokpari@uct.ac.za

African politics; international relations; political economy; comparative politics

POL1005S (with Dr K Smith)
International Politics

POL1008S (with Dr K Smith)
Academic Development for International Politics

POL3044S
Foreign Policy Analysis

Prof Anthony Butler
Professor

Rm 5.35, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 650 3381 (main office)
anthony.butler@uct.ac.za

Politics & public policy in South Africa, including political funding, theories of the state, policy uncertainty, party systems, the politics of HIV/AIDS policy, and black economic empowerment in SA

POL2038F
Comparative Politics

POL5036S
Special Topics (in South African Politics)

Prof Robert Cameron
Professor

Rm 5.24, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503380
robert.cameron@uct.ac.za

Comparative local government politics & administration; public sector reform; public administration thought

POL1006S
Introduction to Public Administration

POL3038S
Urban Politics & Administration

POL5006F
Public Management

POL5019F
Public Sector Reform

Mr Zwelethu Jolobe
Lecturer
Rm 5.26,
R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503382
zwelethu.jolobe@uct.ac.za

Comparative politics; international relations; African politics; political violence; revolutions; contemporary South African politics; democratisation

POL1004F (with Dr H Stephan)
Introduction to Politics

POL1007F (with Dr H Stephan)
Academic Development for Introduction to Politics

POL3029S
Third World Politics

POL4046S (with Mr Z Jolobe)
Third World Politics

Prof Robert Mattes
Professor

Graduate Convenor

Rm 5.22, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503827
robert.mattes@uct.ac.za

Democratisation; political behaviour; public opinion; survey research; research methodology; comparative politics

POL3043F
Democratic Theory & Practice

POL4012F
Comparative Politics

POL4018S
Democratisation

POL5023S
Political Behaviour & Research

Dr Vinothan Naidoo
Senior Lecturer

Rm 5.23, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503383
vinothan.naidoo@uct.ac.za

Public administration, with a special interest in comparative public administration and development management.

POL2022F (with Dr K Smith)
State, Management and Administration

POL2042S
Comparative Public Institutions

POL4013S
Comparative Public Administration

POL5007S
Policy Evaluation & Implementation

A/Prof Andrew Nash
Associate Professor

Rm 5.27, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6505593
andrew.nash@uct.ac.za

South African political thought; the history of political thought in the West; the making of a global political vocabulary

POL2002S
Political Theory (with Ms Donna Andrews)

POL3013S
South African Political Thought

Ms Lauren Paremoer
Part-time lecturer

Rm 5.73, R Leslie bldg

lauren.paremoer@uct.ac.za

HIV/AIDS Treatment Politics; Social citizenship; Welfare regimes in the Global South; Theories of Rights and Justice; Discourse Analysis

POL2039S
Politics of International Economic Relations

Dr Thiven Reddy
Senior Lecturer

Rm 5.30, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503388
thiven.reddy@uct.ac.za

Comparative politics; South African politics; regime transition and democratisation; political party systems and political parties; post colonial theory and identity politics

POL3039F
Advanced South African Politics

POL4044S
Global Political Thought

POL4046S (with Mr Z Jolobe)
Third World Politics

Dr Karen Smith
Senior Lecturer

Rm 5.21, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503350
karen.smith@uct.ac.za

International Relations theory; the developing world (Africa in particular) as an object of IR study and an agent of IR knowledge; South Africa and India as regional powers in the global South

POL1005S (with Dr Akokpari)
International Politics

POL2041F
International Organisations

POL4002F
Theories of International Relations

POL5014S
International Organisations

Dr Harry Stephan
Senior Lecturer

Rm 5.63, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503474

hstephan@iafrica.com

International relations; international political economy; comparative governance; international law and organisation

POL1004F (with Mr Z Jolobe)
Introduction to Politics

POL1007F (with Mr Z Jolobe)
Academic Development for Introduction to Politics

POL5032F
International Political Economy

Ms Raenette Taljaard
Senior Lecturer

Rm 5.66, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6504748
raenette.taljaard@uct.ac.za

  • webpage to be added

Public policy

POL2022F (with Dr V Naidoo)
State, Management and Administration

POL3037F
Policy and Administration

POL4006F
Public Policy

Emeritus and Temporary Academic Staff

Prof André du Toit
Emeritus Professor

Convenor: Justice and Transformation graduate programme

Rm 5.80, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503379
andre.dutoit@uct.ac.za

Intellectual history of South African political thought & traditions; political ethics, ideologies & discourse;  philosophical reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; narrative interpretation of political violence in South Africa

POL4032F
Comparative Transitional Justice

Prof Robert Schrire
Emeritus Professor

Rm 5.31, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 6503381
(main office)
robert.schrire@uct.ac.za

International political economy; globalisation; South African politics

POL5026F
Special Topics II (Thinking about the Future)

Ms Laura Freeman
Part-time lecturer

Rm 5.64, R Leslie bldg
+27 21 650 5381
laura.emily.freeman@gmail.com 

International relations; conflict; humanitarian aid; international political economy; political philosophy

POL3030F
Conflict in World Politics

  Dr Hugo van der Merwe
Part-time lecturer
  POL5037S
Post-Conflict Justice in Africa
  Dr Pedro Wolf
Part-time lecturer
  POL5035S
Data Analysis in Political Sciences

 

 

 

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