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Extraordinary Professors

Current

Professor Thomas Mandrup
Extraordinary Associate Professor Thomas Mandrup
Landward Security

 

Twitter: @MandrupThomas​​​

Thomas Mandrup is Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Section for Security Cooperation, Institute for Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish Defence College, and Professor at Stellenbosch University's Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA). His research focuses on African security policy, peace operations, military capacity building, and international stabilisation missions in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has advised the African Union and other regional actors on security policy, military missions, and capacity-building initiatives. His current research examines African-led military operations against the Islamic State in regions including the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Somalia. He has conducted extensive fieldwork across Africa and frequently provides expert analysis on African security and international peace operations.

Professor Tim Murithi
Extraordinary Professor Tim Murithi
Landward security

 

Twitter: ​@tmurithi12​​​​​

Professor Tim Murithi, Extraordinary Professor, Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch and Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, in Cape Town, South Africa. He is also Extraordinary Professor of African Studies at the Centre for African Studies, University of Free State, and also Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Former

Professor Alpaslan Özerdem
Extraordinary Professor Alpaslan Özerdem
Landward Security

 

2017-2020

Professor Özerdem is Co-Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK, which is home for 60 full-time researchers. 

Henri Fouché
Extraordinary Associate Professor, Henri Fouché
Maritime Security

 

2018-2020

Henri Fouché, Doctor Technologiae (Dtech), is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C1-rated researcher in Humanities/Social Sciences. ​