Prof Linda Cornwell

Qualifications

• DLitt et Phil in Development Administration (Unisa, 1994)

Fields of academic interests

• Gender and development
• Human security
• Education and development

• Simulations and gaming in development education

Books

Education, in The state of Africa 2003/2004, edited by E Maloka & PJ Hugo. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa, 2004.

Aid and debt, in Introduction to development studies, edited by H Swanepoel & F de Beer. Second edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Education and development, in  Introduction to development studies, edited by H Swanepoel & F de Beer. Second edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Gender, development and democracy, in Consolidation of democracy in South Africa - a view from the South, edited by Hussain Solomon and Ian Liebenberg. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers, 2000.

Gender, development and democracy, in Security, development and gender in Africa, edited by H Solomon & M Schoeman. ISS Monograph Series no 27. Halfway House: Institute for Security Studies, 1998.

Education and development, in Introduction to development studies, edited by H Swanepoel & F de Beer, Johannesburg: International Thomson Publishing, 1997.

Onderwys in Afrika: noodsaaklik vir ‘n beter toekoms. Wêreldspektrum: boek van die jaar 1996. Johannesburg: Perskor, 1996.

Journal articles

Mainstreaming gender: imperatives for development studies. Africanus 34(1), 2004.

The feminisation of poverty: implications for studying “development”. Siren News 9(1), 2001.

African women and the development struggle. Siren News 5 (1), 1997.

Environmental education and training at the community level. Africanus 26 (1), 1996.

Using simulation exercises and games in teaching development. Africanus 26 (1), 1996.

The fall of centralism? Popular mobilization for post-apartheid develop­ment. Indicator South Africa 7 (3), Winter 1990. (Co-authors: CR Cross, FC de Beer & PDS Stewart.)

The contribution of education and training towards development. Africanus 19 (1-2), 1989.

Education and development in Africa. Africa Insight 18 (1), 1988.

Community development: a phoenix too frequent? Africa Insight 17 (2), 1987.

Onderwys as ontwikkelingsinstrument in Afrika. Africanus 13 (1-2), 1983. (Co-author: ME van Heerden.)

Onderwys in Afrika: ontwikkeling of onderontwikkeling. Koers 47 (3), 1982.

Many facets of Malawi a challenge for development. Unisa Alumnus 4 (1) 1982. (Co-author: FC de Beer.)

Rural development in Malawi. Africa Insight 12 (2), 1982. (Co-authors: DA Kotzé, HJ Swanepoel & FC de Beer.)

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Director: School of Social Sciences, Unisa, 1 August 2011-31 March 2018

Head: Office for Graduate Studies in the College of Human Sciences, Unisa, 1 January 2010-31 July 2011

Chair, Department of Development Studies, Unisa, 1 January 2006-31 December 2009

HSRC bursary for master’s studies, 1981

American Field Service Exchange Scholarship, 1976-1977

Member of the Southern Africa Development Studies Association

Member of EthicsSA as an accredited Ethics Officer

Member of SA Association of Gender Studies

Member of the Regional Moderation Team of the Commonwealth Youth Programme for the Diploma in Youth in Development Work (1999-2012). Responsible for moderation of the implementation of the Diploma in Youth and Development at the University of Ghana, Legon; Fourah Bay College (Sierra Leone), the Management Development Institute (The Gambia), the Open University of Tanzania, Makerere University (Uganda), Nairobi University (Kenya) (1999-2006). From mid-2006 responsible for the University of Ghana, Legon; the Management Development Institute (The Gambia), Makerere University (Uganda), Nairobi University (Kenya) Namibia College of Open Learning (NAMCOL), Namibia.

Founding editor of Commonwealth Youth and Development, and editor 2003-2011

Editor of Africanus, 1991-1992; 2002-2006

Guest editor of Africa Insight