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Academic staff

Professor Mbekezeli Comfort Mkhize

Name Mbekezeli Comfort Mkhize
Highest qualification PhD (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Position Associate Professor in International and Diplomacy Studies
Contact details mkhizmc@unisa.ac.za
Research interests/expertise Diplomacy; conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa; democratisation and economic development in Africa; social protests in developing regions
Teaching International and Diplomacy Studies
Current projects Co-editor of the book manuscript titled Reflections on the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South (under review).

Short biography

Mbekezeli Mkhize is an Associate Professor in International and Diplomacy Studies, TM-School (Unisa), and a Research Associate in the Department of History and Political Studies (Nelson Mandela University). He is a co-editor of the book manuscript (under review) provisionally titled Reflections on the complexities of the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Global South. Before joining TM-School, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (University of Fort Hare [UFH]). He is a former researcher at the Centre for Military Studies (CEMIS), Stellenbosch University. Mkhize holds a doctorate from Stellenbosch University, and two Master's degrees, an honours and a bachelor's degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He has published and reviewed academic articles in accredited scientific journals, and has contributed chapters to books both locally and internationally.

Selected publications