Prof Jaap de Visser
Director
Our People
Director and Chief Operations
Prof Jaap de Visser
Virginia Brookes
Chief Operations Manager
Children's Rights Project
Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur
Project Head
Dr Usang Maria Assim
Senior Researcher
Dr Robert Doya Nanima
Post-doctoral researcher
Crystal Nitsckie
Project Administrator
Meseret Kifle Ande
Doctoral Researcher
Thandeka Khoza
Doctoral Researcher
Nimrod Muhumuza
Doctoral Researcher
Sideen Faith Louw
Doctoral Researcher
Africa Criminal Justice Reform
Prof Lukas Muntingh
Project Head
Janelle Mangwanda
Researcher
Jean Redpath
Researcher
Kristen Petersen
Researcher
Tina Lorizzo
Research Associate
Crystal Nitsckie
Project Administrator
Applied Constitutional Studies Laboratory
Assoc. Prof Derek Powell
Project Head
Valma Hendricks
Project Administrator
Socio-Economic Rights Project
Prof Ebenezer Durojaye
Project head
Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi
Researcher
Keathélia Sapto
Project Administrator
Oluwafunmilola Adeniyi
Doctoral researcher
Paula Knipe
Researcher
Womxn and Democracy Initiative
Samantha Waterhouse
Project Head
Vivienne Mentor-Lalu
Researcher/Facilitator
Motlatsi Komote
Research and Advocacy Officer
Laura Wilhelmina Wellen
Project Administrator
SARChI Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development
Professor Nico Steytler
SARChI Chair in Multlevel Government, Law and Policy
Melissa N.S Ziswa
Doctoral Researcher
Annette May
Doctoral Researcher
Thabile Chonco
Doctoral Researcher/ NGAP Lecturer
Xavia Poswa
Doctoral Researcher
Dr Michelle Rufaro Maziwisa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Tinashe Carlton Chigwata
Senior Researcher
Phumla Hlati
Doctoral Researcher
Jennica Beukes
Doctoral Researcher, Research Assistant
Curtly Stevens
Doctoral Researcher
Henry Paul Gichana
Doctoral Researcher
Mandy Cupido
Project Administrator
Communications, Finance and Support
Debbie Gordon
Coordinator: Institute Operations and Projects
Keathélia Sapto
Acting Coordinator: Communications
Mandy Cupido
Reception
Kirsty-Martine Wakefield
Bookkeeper
Research Fellows
Prof Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Research Fellow
Prof Henk Kummelling
Extraordinary Professor
Dr Jacqui Gallinetti
Research Fellow
Dr Nkatha Murungi
Research Fellow
Dr Christopher Mbazira
Research Fellow
Assoc. Prof Yonatan Fessha
Research Fellow
Prof Jamil Mujuzi
Research Fellow
Prof Jan Erk
Extraordinary Professor
Prof Xavier Philippe
Extraordinary Professor
Stephen Berrisford
Extraordinary Associate Professor
Assoc Prof Zemelak Ayitenew Ayele
Extraordinary Associate Professor
Tina Lorizzo
Adjunct Professor
Advisory Board
Prof Tyrone Pretorius
Rector, University of the Western Cape
Prof Jacques de Ville
Dean of the Faculty of Law
Prof Julian May
Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence on Food Security
Prof Jaap de Visser
Director of the Dullah Omar Institute
Judge Vincent Saldanha
Judge, Western Cape High Court
Prof Lea Mwambene
Law Faculty representative
Prof Dee Smythe
Professor of Public Law the University of Cape Town,
Prof Jose Frantz
Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research and Innovation
Mr Ashraf Mahomed
Practising Attorney
Ms Fairuz Mullagee
Researcher and Coordinator
Adv Sibonile Khoza
Member of the Cape Bar