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

		Research interests	Courses taught/convened
	Prof Robert Cameron Professor Head of Department (for Sem 1, 2017) For application queries, please note that application information and links are available under the Undergraduate and Postgraduate tabs on this website. Rm 5.24, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3380 robert.cameron@uct.ac.za webpage	Comparative local government politics & administration; public sector reform; public administration thought	POL3038S Urban Politics & Administration POL4015S Local Government POL5006F Public Management
	Assoc Prof John Akokpari Associate Professor Head of Department (from Sem 2, 2017) Convenor: International Relations postgraduate programme (*** note: Prof Akokpari is on sabbatical in Sem 1 2017 - Prof Seegers is Acting convenor for IR in Sem 1) Rm 5.31, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3385 john.akokpari@uct.ac.za webpage	African politics; international relations; political economy; comparative politics	POL1005S (with L Lushaba) Introduction to Politics B POL3044S Foreign Policy Analysis POL5043S Regionalism in Africa
	Prof Anthony Butler Professor Rm 5.22, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3384 anthony.butler@uct.ac.za webpage	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	POL5044S South African Politics
	Dr Zwelethu Jolobe Senior Lecturer General postgraduate convenor Rm 5.26, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3382 zwelethu.jolobe@uct.ac.za webpage	Comparative politics; international relations; African politics; political violence; revolutions; contemporary South African politics; democratisation	POL1004F Introduction to Politics POL4012F Comparative Politics POL5001F Comparative Politics
	Dr Lwazi Lushaba Lecturer Rm 5.24.1, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-2050 lwazi.lushaba@uct.ac.za webpage	Political philosophy; Subaltern Studies (decolonial thought, the politics of representation, and postcolonial theory); African politics; radical African/Black traditions of intellectual thought	POL4033F African Politics POL4050S Contemporary Debates in African Politics
	Dr Vinothan Naidoo Senior Lecturer Convenor: Public Policy & Administration postgraduate programme Rm 5.23, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3383 vinothan.naidoo@uct.ac.za webpage	Public administration, with a special interest in comparative public administration and development management.	POL2042S Comparative Public Institutions POL4013S Comparative Public Administration POL5007S Policy Evaluation & Implementation
	Dr Lauren Paremoer Lecturer Rm 5.65, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-2051 lauren.paremoer@uct.ac.za webpage	HIV/AIDS treatment politics; social rights and social citizenship; health inequalities and global justice; Third Worldism & the Global South	POL3029F Politics of Africa and the Global South POL5045F Third World Politics
	Assoc Prof Thiven Reddy Senior Lecturer Convenor: Politics postgraduate programme Rm 5.30, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3388 thiven.reddy@uct.ac.za webpage	Comparative politics; South African politics; regime transition and democratisation; political party systems and political parties; post colonial theory and identity politics	POL3039S (with H Scanlon) Advanced South African Politics POL4044S Global Political Thought
	Dr Helen Scanlon Senior Lecturer Convenor: Justice & Transformation postgraduate programme Rm 5.27, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-5593 h.scanlon@uct.ac.za webpage	Transitional justice in an African context; conflict resolution; peace-building; gender and conflict	POL3039S (with T Reddy) Advanced South African Politics POL4032F Comparative Transitional Justice POL5037S Post-Conflict Justice in Africa
	Prof Annette Seegers Professor Rm 5.29, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3390 annette.seegers@uct.ac.za webpage	International relations; civil military relations in Southern Africa; security among Southern African states; the role of the military in democratization	POL3030F Conflict in World Politics POL4007H Honours Research/Project POL5034S Conflict in Africa
	Dr Harry Stephan Senior Lecturer Rm 5.63, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3474 hstephan@iafrica.com webpage	International relations; international political economy; comparative governance; international law and organisation	POL2039F The Politics of International Economic Relations (with T Isbell in 2017) POL5032F International Political Economy