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  • Master's in Security Studies: First meeting

    Posted on January 24, 2014

    The first meeting of students admitted to the Master's in Security Studies (MSS) in the Department of Political Sciences will take place on 3 February 2014.

  • Opinion: Another election year - plunder continues

    Posted on January 24, 2014

    The next Namibian elections take place towards the end of 2014. It does not require any prophetic talent to predict that Swapo will remain firmly in political power and control, writes Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Henning Melber in The Na

  • Postgraduate Research Support Programme

    Posted on January 21, 2014

    The Department of Research Innovation and Support has released its 2014 Postgraduate Research Support Programme.

  • Postgraduate opportunity: Peace, Security and Development fellowship

    Posted on January 21, 2014

    The Nairobi-based African Leadership Centre is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars starting in September 2014.

  • Seminar invitation: Peacemaking and human security in Africa

    Posted on January 20, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences and the Mellon Research Group on Peace and Conflict in Africa invite you to a seminar entitled "Peacemaking and Human Security: Examining the conceptual relationship and questions raised for South Africa's role in peac

  • PolSci prof releases new book

    Posted on January 13, 2014

    Lorenzo Fioramonti, associate professor in the Department of Political Sciences and director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), has released a new book, How Numbers Rule the World.

  • Postgraduate studies in the Department of Political Sciences

    Posted on January 13, 2014

    Please note that the Department is no longer considering any postgraduate applications for 2014. All available places have been filled.

  • South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect

    Posted on December 17, 2013

    UP Political Sciences MA student Faith Mabera, together with the University of Queensland’s Professor Tim Dunne, recently published a briefing on South Africa for the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.

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