Department of Political Sciences

Mrs S Solomon

College of Human Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Department: Political Sciences
Lecturer
E-mail: soloms@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • MA University of the Free State
  • BA Honours (cum laude) University of the Free State
  • BA (cum laue) University of the Free State

Currently teaching

  • PSC2601:  South African Politics
  • HPPSC81: Political Science and Research

Fields of academic interests

  • South African and African politics: political parties, governance, and elections
  • Green politics: climate change, climate-security-nexus
  • Human Security: South Africa and Africa

Field of Specialisation


Books

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • Madonsela, S. 2023. Climate-Security and the Anthropocene: The Case of Mali. In African Security in the Anthropocene. Springer Nature.
  • Swilling, M. and Madonsela, S. 2021. Towards a Political Economy of South African Rackets. In The Anatomy of State Capture. Sun Media.

BOOK REVIEWS IN ACCREDITED JOURNALS

  • Solomon, S. 2023. Why the West is Failing: Failed Economics and the Rise of the East. Cambridge: Polity Press, 255 pages, ISBN-13:978-5095-5193-4; 978-1-5194-1 (pb. Review published by International Affairs, 99: 2 (2023), pp. 860-862. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad035
  • Solomon, S. 2022. The Fabric of Dissent: Public Intellectuals in South Africa edited by Vasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, and Heather Thuynsma, 2020, Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council Press, 478 pp., R382 (paperback), ISBN-10: 1928246400, 9781928246404. Review Published by Politikon, 49(3), pp. 291–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2022.2124640

Journal articles

Madonsela, S. 2019. Critical Reflections on State Capture in South Africa. Insight on Africa, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/0975087818805888

Paper presentations

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS

  • Solomon, S. 2023. Firesite Chat (Panel Discussion) 'Conceptualising the Local: A South-North Dialogue'. British International Studies Association. July 24, 2023, https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/aisg/events/piecing-peace-together-hybridisation-processes-and-local
  • Solomon, S. 2023. Climate change forced migration and human (in)security in Mali. 27th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress. Conference theme: Politics in the Age of Transboundary Crisis: Vulnerability and Resilience. July 2023, Buenos Aires.
  • Solomon, S. 2023. Are military coups signalling the era of democratic backsliding? International Association of Political Science Student (IAPSS) World Congress 2023. Conference theme: Global Cooperation in the Era of Disruption. May 15-19, 2023, Montréal.
  • Solomon, S. 2023. Persistent structural inequality and policy challenges in the “Rainbow Nation”: The case of South Africa. International Association of Political Science Student (IAPSS) World Congress 2023. Conference theme: Global Cooperation in the Era of Disruption. May 15-19, 2023, Montréal.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS PRESENTATIONS

  • Madonsela, S. 2023. Climate Security in Africa. Climate Security Threats in Africa. University of the Free State. 21 July 2023.
  • Madonsela, S. 2023. Resource Governance in Mali. Exploring the Interface Between Coups, Violent Extremism and Poor Governance in the Sahel. Hosted by Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA, Stellenbosch University) & Center for Gender and African Studies (CGAS, University of the Free State).
  • Solomon, S. 2022. Discussant for Lela Maisuradze’s (Tbilisi State University, Georgia) paper titled Three decades of transformation and challenges to higher education internationalization in Georgia. Hosted by the SARChI Chair in Higher Education and Human Development (HEHD) research group at the University of the Free State.
  • Coetzee, T. & Solomon, S. 2021. Reflecting on South Africa’s stark disparities in the midst of the “new normal”. South African Association for Political Science (SAPS) 15th Biennial Conference. Conference Theme: Rethinking Politics in a time of crisis.  August 2021. Rhodes University.

 

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATIONS

  • Solomon, S. 2023. The implications of the Electoral Amendment Act 1 of 2023 in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections. Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).

WORKSHOPS

  • Hybriconference workshops on publishing books. The University of Reading.

 

WORKSHOPS/ GUEST LECTURES

  • Solomon, S. Green Theory. Department of Political Sciences. University of the Free State. 23 May 2023.
  • Solomon, S. Introduction to Public Management and Governance. University of Johannesburg. 11 August 2023.

 

PUBLIC MODERATIONS

  • Women in Standarisation & Trade. 35th ARSO and South African Bureau of Standards webinar. 26 July 2023.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Secretary and Council Member of the South African Association of Political Studies, 2023-2025
  • Chairperson of the SAAPS Emerging Scholars research committee 2021-2025
  • African Regional Chairperson of the International Association for Political Science Students, 2023-2024
  • Deputy African Regional Chairperson of the International Association for Political Science Students, 2022-2023
  • Projects and Events Coordinator of the International Association for Political Science Students 2021-2022
  • Member of the International Golden Key Honour Society since 2016

Other

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JOURNALISTIC PUBLICATIONS