PhD Students
Julie Berg
Dissertation Topic: Regulating Polycentric Governance: An exploration of security governance within South Africa’s urban improvement districts.
Woohyun Chung
Dissertation Topic: The relationship between crime and immigration in South Africa: A case study of ethnic minorities in Cape Town focusing on the conflict between locals and foreigners.
Ben de Vos
Dissertation Topic: Polycentric governance: how the police recognize and respond to nodal security governance in the City of Cape Town.
Tom Herbstein
Dissertation Topic - Managing Environmental Insecurity: 'New Environment Governance' and the insurance industry.
Irvin Kinnes
Dissertation Topic: Police culture as an obstacle to policing gangs in the Western Cape Province (1996 -2006).
Babongile Mandela
Dissertation Topic - The Development of a Climate Security Complex
in South Africa: Its evolution, extent and limitations.
Tariro Mutongwizo
Dissertation Topic: The critical nature of state structures in understanding security governance: Case studies of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Sophie Nakueira
Dissertation Topic: Human rights and security governance: A case study of the South Africa World Cup.
Moliehi Shale
Dissertation Topic: Sustainability and risk in the informal economy: A study in the regulation of risk.
Suzall Timm
Dissertation Topic: The new governance of the environment: The role of the informal recycling sector in achieving sustainable waste management.
Laura Drivdal
Dissertation Topic: Adaption to the risk of flooding in informal settlements: learning through collaborative governance.








