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  • Seminar invitation: South Africa and conflict resolution

    Posted on February 17, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences and Centre for Mediation in Africa invite you to a seminar entitled "20 years of South African involvement in conflict resolution: Lessons learned and the case of Syria", to be presented by Mr Ebrahim Ebrahim on 24 Feb

  • Seminar invitation: South Africa in 2030

    Posted on February 10, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences invites you to a seminar entitled "South African Futures 2030 or How Bafana Bafana could make Mandela Magic", to be presented by the ISS's Dr Jakkie Cilliers on 18 February.

  • Book launch: The Fall of the ANC

    Posted on February 05, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences and Picador Africa invite you to join Mr Prince Mashele and Dr Mzukisi Qobo in conversation with Eusebius McKaiser, author of Could I Vote DA? at the launch of their book on 12 February.

  • Political Sciences prof on BBC

    Posted on February 03, 2014

    Lorenzo Fioramonti, Associated Professor in the UP Department of Political Sciences, will be interviewed by the BBC Radio 4's Laurie Taylor on 5 February.

  • Roundtable invitation: World Trade Organisation

    Posted on February 03, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences and South African Institute of International Affairs, will be hosting a roundtable on “Trade and Misaligned Currencies: Towards a WTO solution for predatory government interventions?” on 19 February.

  • Roundtable invitation: World Trade Organisation

    Posted on February 03, 2014

    The Department of Political Sciences and South African Institute of International Affairs, will be hosting a roundtable on

  • Seminar report: Peacemaking and human security in Africa

    Posted on January 28, 2014

    On 24 January Dr

  • 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.

  • Opinion: Mandela's unfinished job is our job

    Posted on December 13, 2013

    We have to become leaders in our own communities to drive the type of social and economic chance that Mandela was unable to achieve, writes UP Political Sciences Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti

  • New publication: On the BRICS of collapse?

    Posted on December 13, 2013

    Emerging economies need a different developmental model, according to a paper prepared by the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, housed in the UP Department of Political Sciences.

  • 2014 Undergraduate studies in Political Sciences

    Posted on December 09, 2013

    Important dates and information for undergraduate studies in Political Sciences.

  • 2014 Postgraduate studies in Political Sciences

    Posted on December 09, 2013

    Important information relating to honours, master's and doctoral degree programmes in the Department of Political Sciences in 2014.

  • New publication: Strategic Review for Southern Africa 35 (2)

    Posted on December 06, 2013

    The November 2013 issue of the Strategic Review for Southern Africa, published by the Department of Political Sciences, is available online.

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