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Sikanyiso Masuku

Research Fellow at The Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM-School), University of South Africa

Sikanyiso Masuku graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies. He has worked as a development and humanitarian practitioner for both regional and international Non-Governmental Organisations. Sikanyiso Masuku has held fellowships at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, the Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa and the African Academy for Migration Research. A sessional lecturer with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Dr Masuku is also a collaborator in the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for migration and mobility studies - multi-country project on Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Times of Intertwined Crises.

Working with both undergraduate and postgraduate classes, Dr Masuku's teaching interests are in the areas of social development and welfare, poverty/inequality, social theory and development economics. As a published author in international, peer reviewed journals and monographs, Dr Masuku's research interests are in the areas of social protection, the politics of belonging/citizenship, human mobility and migration.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Research fellow, The Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (TM-School)
  • 2019–2022
    Research fellow, University of Cape Town

Education

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    University of KwaZulu Natal, Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies

Publications

  • 2023
    African Studies, Foreigners in the South African Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
  • 2023
    International Journal of Political Economy, A Tale of a Rentier Social Contract and Diminishing Economic Rents: Multinationalism and Resource-Seeking Capital in Contemporary Africa
  • 2022
    Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa, The AU's Constitutive Act: Contextual Threats and Its Implementation in Modern-Day Africa
  • 2021
    Cogent Social Sciences, Mainstreaming youth policy in Zimbabwe–what role for rural youth?
  • 2021
    Cogent Social Sciences, Policy making and governance structures in Zimbabwe: examining their efficacy as a conduit to equitable participation (inclusion) and social justice for rural youths
  • 2021
    Work and Migration, Human capital development and skilled immigrants labour market experiences in South Africa: An overview
  • 2020
    The Oriental Anthropologist, Challenges to Refugees’ Socioeconomic Inclusion: A Lens Through the Experiences of Congolese Refugees in South Africa
  • 2020
    South African Journal of Science, A case study of government and civil societies’ collaboration and challenges in securing the rights of Congolese refugees living in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • 2019
    African Renaissance, An indigenous knowledge-based approach to environmental conservation in Zimbabwe
  • 2018
    Journal of African Union Studies, Patterns of the refugee cycle in Africa: a hazardous cycle with no end in sight?