Projects

The problem of how to marry constitutional democracy with traditional authorities in the postcolonial context is not unique to South Africa and has been substantially explored in other contexts. This exploration...

The main project I undertook at STIAS was a collection of short fictions called 101 Detectives. The collection brings together 11 texts, including some that were revised and completed at STIAS and some...

The history of science and of scientific knowledge in South Africa is a growing field of interest but it remains relatively fragmented. There has been work done on particular disciplines and institutions,...

During my residency at STIAS I will be analyzing data and completing two scientific papers on HIV prevention, in particular the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa,...

The research examines how the criteria for permissible military intervention by invitation as developed in international law doctrine are currently implemented by States, as well as how this impacts the...

Advances in synthetic biology have brought the long-standing ‘Origin of Life’ problem once again into prominence. Traditionally the problem was posed in terms of what seemed to be a sharp dichotomy...

The idea of combining and possibly merging ‘ethnography’ and ‘fiction’ emanates from my research on literature’s role in the transition processes of South Africa and Argentina (Fiction and Truth...

The regulation of biotechnology is determined by a number of often conflicting legal values and social-economic interests. Human dignity, freedom of research, the right to family life and the right of...

“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” is the 11th goal of the draft Sustainable Development Goals.  Urbanization is now recognized as a dominant feature of...

In rhetorical theory, the question of how meaning is produced has traditionally been dealt with in terms of the intentions of the orator to influence her or his audience through speech. Today, it seems...

Drought is the single greatest threat to world agriculture (FAO, 2008) and this is predicted to be increasingly exacerbated by the effects of global climate change. At present 11.6% (14.2 Mha) of South...

Africa is currently recognized as the fastest growing region in the world while a number of African countries are listed amongst the fastest growing economies in the region over the last decade. Given...