André du Pisani | |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1949 |
Birth Place: | Windhoek, South West Africa |
Nationality: | Namibian |
Occupation: | Political scientist, author, professor |
Alma Mater: | Stellenbosch University London School of Economics University of Cape Town University of Cambridge |
Workplaces: | University of Namibia |
Main Interests: | Political science |
André du Pisani (born 15 January 1949) is a Namibian political scientist, author of several books, articles and journals, he has written several conference papers for SADC, the Namibian government and several ministries, he is a professor at the University of Namibia Department of Political Science. Du Pisani has been a professor at the university since 1998.
The Windhoek native earned his bachelor's degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa in 1971 and an honours in politics from Stellenbosch in 1972. He later earned a master's degree in politics from Stellenbosch in 1975. From 1975 to 1976, du Pisani was a research student at the London School of Economics. In 1988, he earned his Ph.D. in politics from the University of Cape Town. From 1995–96, he did post-doctoral research through the Global Security Fellows Initiative at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.[1]