Letitia Jentel
Letitia holds a Masters Degree in Futures Studies, cum laude, and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Stellenbosch. She also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Futures Studies and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Stellenbosch. Prior to joining SAIIA, she worked in the energy generation, petroleum and […]
Laura Rubidge
Laura Rubidge graduated from the University of Pretoria, where she obtained her Bachelor of Political Science majoring in International Relations and French, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Honours in International Relations. She is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand. Her research interests include governance on the […]
Hannah Sack
Hannah Sack is a climate change researcher in the Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme at SAIIA. She holds a Masters in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as well as an Honours Degree in Economics from Stellenbosch University. Before joining SAIIA in 2022, Hannah worked as a Project Coordinator at OneWorld […]
Conrad van Gass
Conrad van Gass is a development economist with a background in fiscal and financial policy. He has consecutively worked for or consulted to the eThekwini Metropolitan Council, the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Financial and Fiscal Commission and the Government Technical Advisory Centre in South Africa. He holds Masters degrees […]
Stephanie Wolters
Stephanie’s research focuses on political and conflict dynamics in the Great Lakes region, foreign policy within the Great Lakes and Southern Africa and elites and political change. She is currently writing a book about regional foreign policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which will be published in the Insights series by the Brookings […]
Isabel Bosman
Isabel Bosman has completed a Master of Arts in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her research centres on the nexus between technology and politics, and she has particular interest in biometrics and electronic voting. She also studies African elections, democracy, and has a keen interest in political theory. Before joining the research […]
Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Jo-Ansie has completed a D Phil (International Relations) on South Africa’s post-apartheid nuclear diplomacy, and has published on, amongst others, nuclear diplomacy, South Africa’s nuclear diplomacy, disarmament, non-proliferation, the IAEA, nuclear medicine and the Pelindaba Treaty. She is Fulbright Alumna (University of Delaware) and a Member of the South African Academy for Science and Art. […]
Gustavo de Carvalho
Gustavo de Carvalho is a Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA. Gustavo has over 15 years of experience supporting policy development, capacity building and research processes in Africa, focusing mainly on multilateralism and the relationship between African stakeholders and external partners. He has worked with various international […]
Deon Cloete
Dr Deon Cloete is the Head of the Futures Programme at SAIIA, where he leads the institute’s work on strategic foresight, systemic innovation and anticipatory governance. His research interests span complexity-informed approaches to strategic foresight, systemic change, systems innovation and transformative futures by re-imagining complex systems change and the roles of cross-scale change agents. He […]
Luanda Mpungose
Luanda Mpungose is the Outreach and Partnership Manager at SAIIA. She was previously the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Officer. Since joining SAIIA, Luanda has undertaken research on youth policy participation, BRICS cooperation and South Africa’s foreign policy. She recently co-authored a book chapter on South Africa’s Foreign Policy. Luanda holds an Honours Degree in […]