Martyn is a Senior Lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria where he heads the Asia Business Centre.

He holds a BA degree in Law, an Honours Degree in International Relations (cum laude), a Master's Degree in International Relations (cum laude) (University of the Witwatersrand), a Diploma in Asian Studies (Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea), and a PhD in International Relations (University of the Witwatersrand) - completed at the age of twenty five. He also has a certificate from Harvard Business School for its “Making Markets Work” course.
mdavies@sun.ac.za

He teaches a post-graduate course titled "East Asian Political Economy" in the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Stellenbosch University and has a particular interest in issues involving infrastructure and construction, extractive industries, supply and procurement chains, industrialization, and security.

Christopher was based in Uganda and Sudan for eight years and directed an initiative to build the first commercial FM radio station in Southern Sudan. Prior to this he served as former US President Jimmy Carter's political representative in the implementation of the 1999 Nairobi Peace Agreement between the Governments of Sudan and Uganda.

He spent almost 10 years in northeast Asia and has held numerous academic research positions including: Research Associate at Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda; Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, School of Australian and International Studies, Deakin University, Australia; and Research Fellow at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, South Korea.

Christopher has an M.A. in international relations from Yonsei University, South Korea. The title of his research thesis was: China's Bilateral Relations with the Two Koreas: Maintaining Stability in Times of Change. He also holds a B.A. in Sociology with a major in development studies and a minor in Japanese language from La Trobe University, Australia.
cburke@sun.ac.za

Hannah Edinger (Johannesburg Office)

Hannah Edinger is Economist at the Centre for Chinese Studies. She has been involved in a number of research projects for the Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) with focus on foreign aid, trade and investment. Recently, she formed part of the research team that investigated how China delivers development assistance to Africa, a research undertaking completed in February 2008 for DFID-China. She regularly prepares briefings for the Centre’s Private Sector Research Unit and has also been editor of the monthly China Monitor, the Centre’s flagship publication since 2006.

Hannah obtained a BComm d e gree, majoring in Economics and Statistics, a BComm Honours degree in Economics (cum laude), and MComm in Economics (cum laude) from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. In her Master’s dissertation Hannah focused on the growing global imbalances and the net deflationary bias in the international financial system with specific focus on the United States and China.

While completing her Master’s degree Hannah held a researcher position at the CCS. Hannah has also worked as a lecturer assistant at the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Stellenbosch and was involved in the Economics Department's Tutoring programme and Summer School programme.

Hannah is fluent in German, English and Afrikaans and studying Mandarin.
hedinger@sun.ac.za

A recipient of a Linnaeus Palme Scholarship, she spent a semester of her Honours year at Södertörns Högskola in Stockholm, Sweden. During this time she successfully completed the United Nations Staff Officers Course through SWEDINT. She also completed an internship at the the WFUNA office at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 2007 where she attended the 5th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ECOSOC High Level and Substantive sessions and co-presented a workshop on the Millennium Development Goals at the Civil Society Development Forum 2007. Hayley was a founding member of the United Nations Association of South Africa (UNA-SA) and Committee member of the UNA Chapter at Stellenbosch University and has participated in Model United Nations in South Africa and Sweden.
hherman@sun.ac.za

Jacobie Müller (Johannesburg Office)
Jacobie Müller is responsible for Content and Product Design at the Johannesburg office of the Centre for Chinese Studies. Having completed her BA in Socio-Informatics at the University of Stellenbosch, she went on to do her honours in Brand Management and Leadership, and Brand Communications and Leadership, at the Vega Brand Communication School based in Cape Town.

She has worked in the field of graphic design and brand strategy, both in South Africa and the United States. This has included stints with Code - Company of Designers (Brand Assistant) in Cape Town and M.E. Media LLC in Florida, developing brand strategy and engaging in design work.

Jacobie is fluent in English, Afrikaans and conversant in German.
jamuller@sun.ac.za

Johanna Jansson
Johanna Jansson is a Senior Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. Johanna holds a Master's Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Umeå University, Sweden, an Honours degree (cum laude) in Political Science from the University of Stellenbosch and a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from Lund University, Sweden.

Prior to joining the Centre, Johanna has worked both as Junior Advisor and Asylum Assistant within the Asylum and Detention units of the Swedish Migration Board. She has also worked for the Swedish Correctional Services and with student relations for the Swedish Union of Civil Servants (ST). As a freelance writer Johanna is currently writing weekly online chronicles on South African society and politics for a Swedish travel site. She has written chronicles for a Swedish magazine and worked as a reporter for the Swedish Television (SVT). Johanna has also spent time working in sales in Paris. Johanna is fluent in French, English and Swedish and is conversant in IsiXhosa.
jjansson@sun.ac.za

Elizabeth Newman

Elizabeth is the office administrator at the Centre for Chinese Studies. Before joining the CCS in 2007, Elizabeth was working part time as office administrator for the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. At the same time she held a full time position at Memorphic, a website company based in Stellenbosch.

Elizabeth holds a BA degree in Linguistics from the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She has also previously worked as a teacher at various schools in the Western Cape.
lnewman@sun.ac.za

Daniel Alvarenga
Daniel Alvarenga is an Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa. He got his BA in International Relations and Politics (2006) from Sussex University in the UK and is enrolled in the master programme of International Studies (Political Economy and Conflict Dynamics) co-organized by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (Norway) and by Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

He is currently working on a project looking at China’s economic involvement in Mozambique and prospects for  development. Daniel is fluent in Portuguese and English, conversant in Spanish, Italian and French and studying Mandarin.
ccsinfo@sun.ac.za.

Rachel Laribee
Rachel Laribee is an Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. She is currently working on her Masters degree in International Development at American University in Washington D.C. She holds a Bachelors Dual-Degree in Mandarin and Chinese culture, and spent a semester in Shanghai at Fudan University studying Mandarin. Prior to coming to the Centre for Chinese Studies, Rachel worked with NGOs as an AmeriCorps member (the domestic Peace Corps in the United States), travelled to Tibet to gather research and write on Tibetan modernity and the Tibetan Sky Burial, and spent time in Argentina working to increase funds for their orphanages and learning centres. Rachel's Masters thesis will focus on Chinese communities in South Africa.
ccsinfo@sun.ac.za

Belinda Maswikwa
Belinda Maswikwa is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Risk Management and Economics (distinction) from UNISA and is currently studying towards her MA degree in International Studies at the University of Stellenbosch.

Prior to joining the Centre Belinda worked as a grant writer in Texas, USA where she was in charge of securing funds to implement various projects in the community. Belinda is fluent in English and Ndebele and conversant in French and Zulu.
ccsinfo@sun.ac.za

Bongisa Lekezwa
Bongisa Lekezwa is an Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Cape Town and Honours Degree in Economics from Stellenbosch University.

Her Honours thesis looked at the net benefits to Africa from Chinese loans and infrastructure investment in exchange for resources, with an in depth analysis of policy implications for three Southern African economies. Bongisa is currently studying towards her Masters Degree in Economics at Stellenbosch University where her main focus is on development economics.
ccsinfo@sun.ac.za

Abigail Brown

Abigail Brown is an Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies.Having obtained her Bachelors degree in Geography from Cambridge University, Abigail moved to China for two years and is currently completing a joint Masters program in International Affairs from Peking University and the London School of Economics. While in Beijing Abigail worked at the UNDP and the EC Delegation, before joining the EU China Information Society Project where she organized international conferences and research reports on e-government for the Chinese government and EU representatives. Abigail’s first MA thesis for Peking University concerned the impact and implications of China’s involvement in Africa and her second MSc thesis for the LSE will examine the historical roots of conflict in Sudan.

Abigail is conversant in French, Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia. She is currently studying Arabic with a view to carrying out field work in Sudan next year.
ccsinfo@sun.ac.za

Cathy Bashala

Cathy Bashala is an Analyst at the centre of Chinese studies.  She holds a bachelor degree in economics from the University of Cape Town and is currently studying towards her masters Degree in economics at Stellenbosch University with a particular focus on international trade, finance and development economics. 

Dr Srikanth Kondapalli
Research Fellow
Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis

Prof. Olu Ajakaiye
Director of Research
African Economic Research Consortium

Dr Ron Sandrey
Senior Research Fellow
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa

Dr Chris Alden
Senior Lecturer
London School of Economics

Richard Dowden
Director
The Royal African Society
School of Oriental and African Studies

Dr. Wenran Jiang
Acting Director
China Institute at the University of Alberta

Dr Margaret Lee
Associate Professor
Department of African and Afro-American Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill