Politics | Governance | Security | Migration
Department of Political Studies
Professor Daryl Glaser
Department of Political Studies, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: Theory and practice of democracy in South Africa
+27 11 717 4373
+27 76 140 7340
Professor Sheila Meintjies
Department of Political Studies, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: Democracy in multicultural societies; feminist theory and gender politics; violence and conflict transformation.
+27 11 717 4371
+27 82 829 9208
Professor Lawrence Hamilton
Department of Political Studies, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: South African politics; political economy; political judgementBooks: Freedom is Power and Are South Africans Free?
+27 82 494 9939
School of Governance
Professor Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
School Coordinator for Peace and Security Studies, School of Governance
Areas of interest and research: Policy analysis; foreign policy; international relations; African politics; African security
+27 11 717 3927
+27 83 324 5005
Anthoni.vannieuwkerk@wits.ac.za
Professor Alex Van Den Heever
Areas of interest and research: Comprehensive social security policy and health policy
+27 11 717 3944
Professor Pundy Pillay
Areas of interest and research: Public finance; public policy
+27 83 643 1100
Society, Work and Development Institute
Professor Roger Southall
Society, Work and Development Institute
Areas of interest and research: Politics
+27 72 731 4552
Professor Karl von Holdt
Director: Society Work and Development Institute
+27 11 717 4462
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
Professor Sarah Nuttall
Director: Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
+27 717 4226+27 82 887 7169
Professor Achille Mbembe
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
Areas of interest and research: African history and politics
+27 11717 4225
+27 82 887 7159
Department of International Relations
Associate Professor Vishwas Satgar
Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences
+27 82 775 3420
Professor John Stremlau
Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: US-Africa relations; China; International politics and relations+27 76 930 1860
Dr Michelle Small
Department of International Relations, Social Sciences
Areas of expertise/interest/research: Conflict in Africa; urban violence; election violence; elections in Africa
+27 76 023 6047
Department of Anthropology
Dr Kelly Gillespie
Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: Criminal justice, political and legal anthropology, South African history, race, and sexuality
+27 11 717 4406
Department of Sociology
Professor Devan Pillay, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences
+27 84 556 2131
+27 11 717 4425
Professor Srila Roy, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and expertise: India/South Asia/Global South; Gender and sexuality; Social movements; Development; Covid - health infrastructure, government response, public messaging and ground relief work with India-based volunteers. Principal Investigator, Governing Intimacies (Andrew Mellon Foundation)
+27 11 717 4466
History
Noor Nieftagodien
Head: History Workshop and South African Research Chair (SARCHi): Local Histories, Present Realities, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: History
Published books: Co-author of Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region, Soweto: An Illustrated History, Alexandra: a history, The Soweto Uprising, The Making of Apartheid in Springs: Group Areas and Forced Removals, Orlando West, Soweto
+27 11 717 4266
+27 82 457 4103
Tshepo Moloi
History Research Group, School of Social Sciences
Areas of interest and research: Local history/politics; student and youth politics; protest politics
Published book: A Place of Thorns: Black Political Protest in Kroonstad From 1976 (Wits Press, 2015)
+27 11 717 4293
Gabriele Mohale
Archivist, Historical Papers Research Archive
Areas of interest and research: Apartheid archives; History
+27 82 452 8795+27 11 717 1940
African Centre for Migration & Society
Professor Loren Landau
South African Research Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference: African Centre for Migration & Society
Areas of interest and research: Migration; immigration; xenophobia; local government; urban planning
+27 11 717 4038
+27 83 453 4183
Loren@migration.org.za or Loren.landau@wits.ac.za
African Centre for the Study of the United States
Dr Bob Wekesa
African Centre for the Study of the United States
Areas of expertise/interest/research: Communications, media, and journalism; public diplomacy; geopolitics; international studies
+27 11 719 1997
+27 76 345 7839