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Chris Changwe Nshimbi

Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria

Prof Chris Changwe Nshimbi is Director and SARChI (South African Research Chairs Initiative) Research Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research focuses on migration, borders, regional integration, the informal economy and trans-boundary governance. He sits in on regional and international technical working groups on trade, labour, migration and water governance. He is also a member of the Platform for African European Studies (PAES).

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Director & Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria
  • 2022–present
    Visiting Scholar, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
  • 2014–2018
    Deputy Director & Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria
  • 2012–2014
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria

Education

  • 2008 
    Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, PhD
  • 2003 
    International University of Japan, MA

Publications

  • 2016
    Networks of Cross-border Non-State Actors: The Role of Social Capital in Regional Integration, Journal of Borderlands Studies
  • 2014
    The Will to Integrate: South Africa's Responses to Regional Migration from the SADC Region, African Development Review 26 (S1), 52-63

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Role:
    Deputy Director & Research Fellow
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation
  • 2015
    The potential of regional transitional justice policy in Africa
    Role:
    Principle investigator
    Funding Source:
    Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa