 |
Name |
Andreas (‘Dries’) Velthuizen |
| Highest qualification |
D Litt et Phil (University of South Africa)
|
| Position |
Professor Extraordinarius |
| Contact details |
contactdries@gmail.com |
| Research interests/expertise |
Peace and Security |
| Current projects |
Transdisciplinary research to developing an integrated and innovative relationship model for sustainable and transformative peace and security in Africa |
Short biography
PROF ANDREAS (‘DRIES’) VELTHUIZEN is a peace and security studies specialist focusing on peace and security education.
His research approach is to create innovative solutions for peace and security, with a specific emphasis on violence prevention. He leads, inspires, and promotes peace and human security, working in collaboration with like-minded people worldwide.
The National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa rates him as an established researcher with international standing (C2). Notably, he serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Global Change, Peace, and Security and as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the influential African Security Review. His academic publications include two co-edited books, 30 articles and book chapters related to peace and security in South Africa, as well as several short publications. His education consists of a D.Litt. et Phil. in Politics (specialising in African Renaissance Studies), an MA and BA (Hons.) in Strategic Studies, and a BA in International Politics.
Currently, he lectures and supervises postgraduate students in dispute resolution, peace and conflict studies, geopolitics and security management. He visited and presented at workshops and conferences on all continents of the world.
As an alumnus of Unisa, he remains associated as Professor Extraordinarius with the Thabo Mbeki School for Public and International Affairs (where he formally retired in 2021 and worked full-time until June 2024). He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Walter Sisulu University (WSU)and an alumnus of the Maritime Security Course of the Department of Defence of Portugal and the Leadership and Stability Program at the National Defence College in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Selected publications
Books
- Velthuizen, Andreas & Caroline Varin (Eds). 2024. Human Security and Epidemics in Africa: Learning from COVID-19, Ebola and HIV. London: Routledge.
- Nabudere, D.W & Andreas Velthuizen. 2013. Restorative Justice in Africa: From trans-dimensional knowledge to a culture of harmony. Pretoria: African Institute of South Africa.
Articles and book chapters
- Andreas Velthuizen (2025). Intelligence and the ‘Heart’ of the terrorist: Managing the system of systems to discover and respond to tactics of fear. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 20 (2).
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2023. ‘From broken Athenian edifice to secure dwelling: Renewing the African peace and security architecture’. In Security Governance and African Ungoverned Spaces: Understanding and Addressing the Void. Francois Vrey & Thomas Mandrup (Eds.). Stellenbosch: Sun Media.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2022. ‘Deciding the African Way: The SADC response to the insurrection in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique’. In Mozambique is Burning: Islamic Insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Amos Saurombe, Pedzisai Ruhanya and Maurice Vambe (Eds.), Gweru: Midlands State University Press.
- Andreas Velthuizen. 2020. The flexibility of democratic elections in Africa: Manipulation in the interests of factional protection or people-oriented security? LitNet Akademies, 17 (3).: 390 -498
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2020. Beyond Silencing the Guns: China and a New Metaphor for Peace and Security in Africa. Africa Focus 33 (2). Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (GAP).
- Andreas Velthuizen. 2019. African Knowledge as a System: Towards Global Parity in Knowledge Production for Democratization, Socio-economic Growth and Human Development. Indilinga: International Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. (18 (2): 189-200.
- Andreas Velthuizen (2019) Spiritual Knowledge and the Military Landscape: The !Kun Soldiers of Namibia and Angola. Journal of War & Culture Studies 12 (4): 189-200.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2019. Stabilization or Disruption: Managing security forces for democratic elections in Africa’. In A Glass Full or Half-Empty: The Challenges of Political Succession and Elections in Africa, Rupiya, M; Teffo, L; Gutto, S and Gray (Eds).) R. Salli Publishing Company.
- Velthuizen, AG & Ferguson, K. 2018. The Poetics of Peace: From aesthetic knowledge to reconciliation. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa 14 (1).
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2018. ‘The Phenomenology of Communities in Conflict: Research for Peaceful Solutions with the San of South Africa’. In Uwazie, E. (Ed). Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa. Lessons and Opportunities. Newcastle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2017. Engaging with the African Ground: Towards a New Research Paradigm for Conflict Studies in Africa. In Msila BT (Ed.), Decolonizing Knowledge for Africa’s Renewal. Johannesburg: Sun Press.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2017. From Ashkam to Aksum: Achieving reconciliation in the aesthetic knowledge domain of Africa’. In Restorative and Community Justice: Prospects, Challenges, and Lessons. Abuja: Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2017. Surviving the past, coping with the present, hoping for a future of justice: the dispute resolution practices of the Marrons of Suriname. African Identities 15 (2):1-12.
- Boniface, Amanda and Andreas Velthuizen. 2017. Beauty and the beast: An investigation of the usefulness of online mediation in family disputes in South Africa. LitNet Akademies. 14 (2): 755-779.
- Velthuizen, Andreas. 2016. The quest for Great Heart Leadership to activate and promote the ending of violent conflict in Africa. African Journal on Conflict Resolution 2016/1: 61-68.
- Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-0288
