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Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town

Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town

Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva

Senior visiting fellow, LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Chair professor, University of Cape Town
  • 2013–present
    Director , Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
  • 2011–2014
    Director, Communities, Crime and Conflicts, STATT Consulting
  • 2010–2011
    Acting Deputy Director of Operations, Integrated Programme and Oversight Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2008–2010
    Chief, Integrated Programming Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2006–2008
    Inter-regional Advisor, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2005–2006
    Chief, Criminal Justice Reform Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2002–2005
    Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Anti-Trafficking and Organised Crime Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • 2000–2002
    Research fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs
  • 1998–2000
    Director: Monitoring and Analysis, Secretariat for Safety and Security of South Africa
  • 1995–1998
    Head, Police and Criminal Justice Reform Programme, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
  • 1993–1995
    Research officer, Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa

Education

  • 1997 
    University of the Witwatersrand, PhD: Political Studies and Conflict Analysis
  • 1991 
    University of the Witwatersrand, BA (Hons): African Political Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2014
    Role:
    Director of the Centre of Criminology
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation