UNISA Scientist John Kotze
CURRICULUM VITAEProfessor Jo-Ansie Karina van Wyk
Department of Political SciencesUniversity of South Africa (Unisa), P O Box 392, Unisa, Pretoria, 0003, South AfricaTelephone: + 27 -12 – 429 6068/6854/6626 (w)Cell/mobile: +27
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(0)82 897 6916Fax: + 27 -12 – 429 6085 (w)Skype: JKvanWykEmail: [email protected]c.zawww.unisa.ac.za
www.academia.edu16 January 2018
South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher (C3)
1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE1.1 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2013
D Phil (International Relations)
. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Title:
South Africa’s nuclear diplomacy, 1990
-2010
:
Securing a niche role through normconstruction and state identity
. Supervisor: Professor Anton du Plessis.2000
M A (Political Science)
. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Title:
Aspekte van die openbare beleidproses in Suid-Afrika met spesiale verwysing nawaterbeleid (1994-1999). (Aspects of the public policy process in South Africa withspecial reference to water policy 1994 – 1999).
Supervisor: Professor Hennie Kotzé.
1992
B A Honours (Political Science)
. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica.1989
B A
(Major in African Studies & Political Science). University of Stellenbosch,Stellenbosch, South Africa.1986
Senior Certificate
. Hoërskool Namakwaland, Springbok, South Africa.2015 Outcomes-Based Assessment in Higher Education and Open and Distance Learning(
cum laude
). University of South Africa (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa. NationalQualifications Framework (NQF) Level 7. 10 Credits.
1.2 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor (International Politics), Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa(Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa (Since 1 January 2018).Associate Professor (International Politics), Department of Political Sciences, University ofSouth Africa (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa (1 January 2014 – 31 December 2016)
Lecturer (International Politics), Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa(Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa (1 April 2000 – 31 December 2013).Junior Lecturer (International Politics), Department of Political Sciences, University of SouthAfrica (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa (January 1997- March 2000).Senior Researcher (Foreign Affairs and Defence), Parliament of the Republic of South Africa,Cape Town, South Africa (April – December 1996).Junior Lecturer (Political Science), Department of Political Science, Faculty of Military Science,University of Stellenbosch, Saldanha Campus, South Africa (January – March 1996).Research Intern for Professor Hennie Kotzé, Department of Political Science, University ofStellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Project entitled
A Longitudinal Study of the SouthAfrican Political Elite and their Attitudes regarding Political Change, 1989-1996
(July 1992-December 1995).
Student Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch,South Africa (January-June 1992).
1.3
AD HOC
APPOINTMENTS AND PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH AFRICANGOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS
Member of the South African delegation to the 22
nd
Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim AcademicGroup (IORAG) in preparation of the 16
th
IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) Council ofMinisters Meeting and its Related Meetings, 12 October 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia.Head of Department (HOD), Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa(Unisa), 16 August
–
30 September 2014.Appointed by the South African Minister of Trade and Industry to serve as a Member of theSouth African Council for Space Affairs (SACSA). June 2010
–
June 2013. Appointmentextended, and concluded in November 2014.
Member of the South African delegation to the 54
th
Session of the United NationsCommittee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), 1-10 June 2011,Vienna, Austria.
Member and Chairperson (since October 2013)
of SACSA’s Advocacy and Liaison
Committee.
Member of SACSA’s
Ad Hoc
Committee on the Review of the Space Affairs Act.
2. RESEARCH2.1 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONSBooks
Lesley Masters, Siphamandla Zondi, Jo-Ansie van Wyk & Chris Landsberg (Eds.)
SouthAfrican foreign policy review. Volume 3.
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA): Pretoria.(Forthcoming 2018.)Lesley Masters, Siphamandla Zondi, Jo-Ansie van Wyk & Chris Landsberg (Eds.)
SouthAfrican foreign policy review. Volume 2.
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA): Pretoria.2015. 261pp. [ISBN 978-0-7983-0439-9]
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meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 October 2018.
Tradition, technology and treatment: The politics of health in Africa. [BY INVITATION]
Academy of Nursing of South Africa (ANSA) Colloquium
, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7September 2018.
The NPT: Opportunities for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy in Africa. [BYINVITATION]
Dialogue Regional sur Le Traite de Non-Prolifération des Armes Nucléaires : Vers LePrepCom 2018,
hosted by the Governments of Senegal and The Netherlands, Dakar,Senegal, 20-21 February 2018.
The international politics of Africa’s trans
-boundary aquifers
.
[BY INVITATION]
University of South Africa
World Water Day 2015 Seminar.
Pretoria, 20 March 2015.
African women in politics: challenges and opportunities
.
[BY INVITATION]
African Women in Politics & Leadership Conference.
Sandton (Johannesburg), 9-10
December 2009.
Paris or publish? An ex editor’s survival guide.
[BY INVITATION]
Africa Education Review (AER) Research Colloquium
. Pretoria, 25 November 2009.
Gone fission and on SAFARI: Nuclear politics in post-apartheid South Africa.
Unisa Department of Political Sciences’ in
-house seminar series 2009
. Pretoria, 4 November2009.
Nature of the state and human security in Africa and the need for human security. [BYINVITATION]
South African National Defence College’s Executive National Security Programme (ENSP
20/09) workshop on Human Security
. Thaba Tshwane (Pretoria), 7 August 2009.
Unisa’s
Department of Political Sciences: a tour d’horizon.
[BY INVITATION]
South African Department of Foreign Affairs Foreign Service Institute’s seminar
,
Moderndiplomatic practice: challenges of curriculum development & teaching
. Pretoria, 14-15 March2007.
Innovations and challenges occurring globally in water management. [BY INVITATION]
Lwelaphanda Business Intelligence’s conference,
Water Management and InfrastructureDevelopment
2005. Johannesburg, 16 August 2005.
Amerika: goedgeaarde supermoondheid of imperiale oorheerser? [BY INVITATION]
Pretoria Werksgemeenskap of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
(SouthAfrican Academy of Science and Art). Pretoria, 29 July 2004.
The US
’
international relations. [BY INVITATION]
Pre-departure orientation workshop for South African Fulbright students and Hubert HHumphrey Fellows
. Hosted by the SA-USA Fulbright Commission. Pretoria, 27 June 2003.
Aspects of South African foreign policy
.
[BY INVITATION]
People to People International
. Unisa, Pretoria, 19 September 2000.
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6.4 BLOG AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PUBLISHED
‘The politics of anger in an angry world’.
Mail & Guardian
(Johannesburg, South Africa). 2June 2018.
‘‘n Wêreld met gebalde vuiste’.
Beeld
(Johannesburg, South Africa). 27 May 2018.
‘
The First Ladies of Southern Africa: Trophies or Trailblazers?
’
Presidential Power
‘
Leadership matters in Southern Africa
’.
The Namibian
(Windhoek, Namibia). 15 June 2007.
‘
VSA aan die stuur. Oorlogspad na Irak kan
talle slaggate inhou’.
Die Burger
(Cape Town,South Africa). 15 February 2003.
‘
Wêrelddorp het nuwe straatname en grense
’.
Beeld
(Johannesburg, South Africa). 27September 2001.
‘
River dry, mountain high
’
.
The Star
(Johannesburg, South Africa). 24 November 1998.
‘
SA buitelandse beleid ste
eds verwarrende onduidelikhede’.
Die
Burger
(Cape Town, SouthAfrica). 19 December 1996.
‘
VN sit met turksvy oor sy sekretaris-gen
eraal’.
Die
Burger
(Cape Town, South Africa). 2December 1996.
‘
SA moet voortou neem om water in streek te bewaar
’.
Die
Burger
(Cape Town, SouthAfrica). 10 September 1996.
‘
Waterkwessie kan konflik bring. Droogte beklemtoon behoefte aan samewerking in Suider-Afrika
‘.
Die
Volksblad
(Bloemfontein, South Africa). 11 September 1996.
6.5 NON-DEGREE COURSES COMPLETED
Space and Telecommunications Law
, presented by the University of Pretoria (UP). Pretoria,South Africa. February 2011.
Introduction to conflict management
, presented by ACCORD (African Centre for theConstructive Resolution of Conflicts). Pretoria, South Africa. 14-16 October 2003.
Peace Monitor Training Course
, presented by the
Western Cape Peace Secretariat
.Theological Seminary. Stellenbosch, South Africa. 12-13 March 1994.
Training Programme in Voter Education
, a project of the Centre for Socio-legal Studies,University of Natal (Durban) conducted by the Centre for Development Studies, University ofthe Western Cape (Bellville). De Overberger, Caledon, South Africa. 20-22 August 1993.
6.6 ELECTION OBSERVATION AND VOTER EDUCATION
South African Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) election observer, Gauteng province,South Africa. 1999 & 2006 elections.
South African Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) Presiding Officer (AO 313) at D FMalan Memorial Centre Voting Station, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 26-28 April 1994 SouthAfrican general elections.
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Commissioned by the Western Cape Regional Branch (Cape Town) of the
Institute for Multi- Party Democracy
(MPD) to conduct election information/voter education workshops amongthe public service sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. 8-26 April 1994.Voter Education Workshop conducted at Sonop Women’s Residence, University ofStellenbosch. Stellenbosch, South Africa. 26 March 1994.
6.7 PUBLIC EDUCATION & MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Television
: I have been a panellist
on ‘The Ambassadors’
, Channel Africa (September 2000)
and the United States Information Service’s (USIS) (Pretoria
, South Africa) WorldNet
‘Dialogue’
programme (November 1999 & February 1998)
, and KykNet’s Ve
rslag (September2018).
Radio and other media interviews:
I have been interviewed by South African andinternational news actuality television and radio programmes on
Unisa (University of SouthAfrica) Radio
;
Kosmos Digitaal
;
Radiosondergrense
‘s (S
outh African BroadcastingCorporation, SABC)
Praat Saam, Kommentaar,
Spektrum, Met raad & daad,
and
Monitor
;
Classic FM; SAFM; Punt Geselsradio; Wes-Rand Stereo
;
Bop Radio
;
Radio New Zealand;
Pretoria FM;
the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (Afrikaans Radio Service); and the South
African Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s
Ubuntu Radio.
I have also been interviewed by international and South African newspapers such as
Beeld
(Johannesburg),
Die Burger
(Cape Town),
Business Day
(Johannesburg),
BloombergBusiness Week
(Vienna Bureau),
Le Monde
(Paris),
Rapport
(Johannesburg),
Mail & Guardian
(Johannesburg),
Wall Street Journal
(New York), and the
Sowetan
(Johannesburg).
7. CONSULTANCIES AND CONTRACTED RESEARCH
Sub-contractor/Researcher,
University of Birmingham
for the project Enablers and Disablersof Leadership for Transformational Change in South Africa, Birmingham, United Kingdom.Since March 2015.Consultant,
In on Africa (formerly known as Consultancy Africa Intelligence (Pty) Limited)
,Pretoria, South Africa. Since November 2008.Consultant,
Africa Dawn
, Saldanha, South Africa. June 2010.Short Term Consultant,World Bank
Public Sector Governance Unit’s
(PRMPS)Leaders, Elitesand Coalitions Research Programme
(LECR). From February – June 2008 and July 2008–March 2009.
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