(MENAFN- The Conversation) Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria Profile Articles Activity

Henning Melber (PhD) is also an associate of the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala/Sweden; senior research fellow with the Institute for Commonwealth Studies/School for Advanced Study, University of London; Professor Extraordinary at the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies/University of the Free State, Bloemfontein; and a director emeritus/senior advisor of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Uppsala/Sweden. He was the Van Zyl Slabbert Visiting Professor for sociology and political sciences at the University of Cape Town in October/November 2017 and the president of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes from 2017 to 2023.

Experience

• –present Extraordinary Professor, Centre for Africa Studies/University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
• –present Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences/University of Pretoria
• –present Director emeritus/Senior Advisor, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Uppsala
• –present Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Commonwealth Studies/Centre for Advanced Study, University of London
• –present Senior Advisor, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala
• 2000–2006 Research Director, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala
• 1992–2000 Director, Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU), Windhoek

Education

• 1993 University of Bremen, Habilitation in Development Studies (Entwicklungssoziologie)
• 1980 University of Bremen, PhD in Political Sciences
• 1977 Freie Universität Berlin, MA in Political Sciences

Grants and Contracts

• 2019 Role: Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences Funding Source: National Research Foundation

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