Academic citizenship is fostered among all SPMA’s staff members, ensuring excellent mentoring and encouragement for junior researchers, as well as extensive engagement and commitment to the civic community that is served by the SPMA. Its graduates are in demand in the public institutions in all three spheres of government, and postgraduate students are fortunate to have supervisors and course presenters who are leading experts in their respective fields.
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Prof Gerda Van Dijk
Director and Head of School
Qualifications:
D Phil, University of
Research Interests: Leadership development
Gender
Teaching Public Administration
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Prof David J Fourie
Professor
Qualifications:
D Phil (Public Administration) University of Pretoria, South Africa
Research Interests: Financial administration
Administrative management systems in government
Modern management techniques
Organisational management systems
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Prof Natasja Holtzhausen
Professor
Qualifications:
DLitt et Phil (PAD), University of South Africa
Research Interests: Public sector ethics
Organisational studies
Education in Administration
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Prof Lianne P Malan
Associate Professor
Qualifications:
DAdmin, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Research Interests: Intergovernmental relations
Organisational studies
Public policy
Teaching and learning in Public Administration
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Prof Michel M Tshiyoyo
Associate Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Public Affairs), University of Pretoria, South Africa Research Interests:
Leadership and Governance
Management Techniques
Organisational Studies
Public Financial Management
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Dr Norman T Nhede
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
DAdmin, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Research Interests:
Public policy
Social security
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Prof Adrino Mazenda
Associate Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Economics), University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Research Interests:
Quantitative Research
Public Policy
Economic Development
Food security & livelihoods
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Prof Tyanai Masiya
Associate Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Public Administration), University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Research Interests:
Citizenship and Democracy
Service Delivery
Local Government Management
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0292-0674
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 2138
E-mail:[email protected]
Room no: EMS 3-124
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Dr Stellah Lubinga
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
DAdmin (Public Administration), University of the Free State
Research Interests:
Citizen’s participation
Governance
Human Resource
Service Delivery
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1857-8236
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 5736
Email: [email protected]
Room no: EMS 3 -127
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Ms Brenda Vivian
Lecturer
Qualifications:
MA (Applied Linguistics), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Research Interests:
Academic literacy
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Dr Mary Mangai
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
Phd (Public Management Sciences), Radboud University, Netherlands
Research Interests:
Public policy and problem solving
Research Methodology
Governance and co-production of service delivery
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Dr Zama Mthombeni
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
PhD (Development Studies) University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Research Interest:
Public Policy
Governance
Social Justice and Transformative Education (Decolonisation)
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7940-7094
Tel: +27(0)12 420 4141
E-mail: [email protected]
Room no: EMS 3-110
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Ms Pinky Sono
Lecturer
Qualifications:
MAdmin (cum-laude) University of Pretoria, South Africa
Research Interest:
Public Sector Innovation
Behavioural Public Administration
Organisational studies
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1353-0858
Tel: +27(0)12 420 8358
E-mail: [email protected]
Room no: EMS 3-113
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Dr Takudzwa Musekiwa
Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Research Interest:
State-civil society relations
Development Economics
Co-production and service delivery
Email: [email protected]
Room no: EMS3-121
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Dr Chenaimoyo Katiyatiya
Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Research Interest:
Food Security
Social Policy
Email: [email protected]
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Prof Sergio Fernandez
Extra Ordinary Professor
PhD (Public Administration), University of Georgia, USA
Research Interest:
Employee empowerment
Representative bureaucracy
Organizational change
Leadership
Procurement and outsourcing
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Prof Martijn van der Steen
Extra Ordinary Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Public Administration), University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
Research Interest:
Public sector strategy
Network governance
Collaborative governance
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Prof Catherine Althaus
Extra Ordinary Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Policy Design) Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Research Interest:
Policy and public administration
Public sector
Indigenous leadership
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Prof Emmanuel Remi Aiyede
Extra Ordinary Professor
Qualifications:
PhD University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Research Interest:
Political Economy of Institutions
Elections
Anti-corruption
Accountability Structures
Public Sector
Policy reforms
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Prof Shawn Teresa Flanigan
Extra Ordinary Professor
Qualifications:
PhD (Public Administration and Policy) University at Albany, State University of New York
Research Interest:
Nonprofit/ NGO studies
Health and human service provision
Social welfare
Political violence
International development
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Ms Thuli H Molelekeng
Departmental Administrator: Undergraduate and Honours
Qualifications:
MPhil (Human Rights) , University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Ms Odile Steyn
Departmental Adminstrator: Postgraduate
Tel: +27 (0) 420 4198
E-mail: [email protected]
Room no: EMS 3-109
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