She is a P-rated researcher and has academic qualifications from both South African and international institutions: BSocSc (Cape Town); MA (Stellenbosch), PhD (Glasgow), and currently holds a Professorship in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University where her teaching specializations include:  International Relations; Foreign Policy Analysis; Political Theory and the Political Economy of Japan. In 2009 she was awarded the National Research Foundation President’s Award for her research.

Professor Cornelissen’s research interests include: new territorialities of development and governance in Africa; African international relations; South African foreign policy; Japan-Africa relations; sport mega-events and geopolitics

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In 2008 she was admitted for the PRIO/Stellenbosch MA programme: International Political Economy and Conflict Dynamics focused on Subsaharan Africa. Sanne plans to finish her second MA and start her PhD research in 2010. She is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German and is conversant in Mandarin and Spanish.

sannemars@sun.ac.za

During his Honours year he received a Linnaeus Palme Scholarship, and spent a semester at Södertörns Högskola in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2008, he studied towards a second Honours degree in English Studies. Matthew plans to complete his Masters in International Studies in the near future.

mattmcd@sun.ac.za

Meryl plans to do her Masters degree in International Relations in 2010. She is fluent in English and Afrikaans and conversant in Mandarin.

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The Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) is the first institution devoted to the study of China in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Centre promotes the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences between China and Africa. As Africa’s interaction with China increases, the need for greater analysis and understanding between our two regions and peoples grows.

This involves evaluating China’s developmental role in Africa that is felt in various capacities ranging from trade and investment to humanitarian assistance. The Centre seeks to fulfil this role. The Centre conducts analysis of China-related research to stakeholders in Government, business, academia and NGO communities.

The Centre also delivers lectures to academic and business audiences at the Stellenbosch University and other local universities. The CCS hosts visiting academics within the China Forum that provides a platform for discussion and debate on China-Africa related subjects. China Forum events are most often organised in collaboration with other institutions.

The CCS has co-operative linkages with key Chinese universities and institutions pursuing both research collaboration and exchange undertakings. The CCS has exchange agreements in place with Xiamen University, the Institute of West Asian & African Studies within the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies and Development Research Council.

The Centre for Chinese Studies also maintains close ties to the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University,  the first of its kind in South Africa, housed in the Postgraduate and International Office.

Elizabeth is fluent in  English, Afrikaans and conversant in Mandarin. 

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