People at WISER

Vinayak Bhardwaj

Maxim Bolt

Keith Breckenridge

Sharad Chari

Janaina Costa

Adila Deshmukh

Najibha Deshmukh

Darja Djordjevic

Georges Eyenga

Euclides Gonçalves

Zoe Groves

Shireen Hassim

Gabrielle Hecht

Isabel Hofmeyr

Amina Kaskar

Caroline King

Jonathan Klaaren

Bronwyn Kotzen

Hannah Krienke

Christa Kuljian

Terry Kurgan

Charne Lavery

Hilary Lynd

Phumeza Majola

Mpho Matsipa

Achille Mbembe

Youssef Mnaili

Hlonipha Mokoena

Fatima Moolla

Sarah Nuttall

Babatunde Okunoye

Raymond Onuoha

Joel Pearson

Laura Phillips

Gabriella Razzano

Richard Rottenburg

Felwyn Sarr

Jonny Steinberg

Noah Tamarkin

Asli Telli

Simon van Schalkwyk

Makhosazana Xaba

Former PhD student		Faeeza Ballim	I began my PhD in mid-2013, based at Wiser and the History Department of Wits University. My interests lie broadly in the political economy of infrastructural development in Africa. Previous research involved the changing economic complexion of the small town of Mokopane in the Limpopo province... more	faeeza.ballim@gmail.com	011 717 4238
Former PhD student		Robyn Bloch	Robyn Bloch is doing a PhD in English Literature as a doctoral researcher at WiSER. Her work looks into apartheid perpetrator narratives published after 2010 to try to understand how these (mostly) men are being represented — what is included and what is left out of these narratives. Can... more	robynbloch@gmail.com
Former PhD student		Christi Kruger	Christi obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Anthropology and Philosophy, from the North West University in 2009. She went on to complete an honours degree in Anthropology at the University of Johannesburg. In 2011 she completed her Master of Arts degree in Anthropology at the... more	christikruger1@gmail.com
Former PhD student		Kalema Masua	Kalema Masua received his M.A. in History from the University of Kinshasa in 2011 under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jean-Marie Mutamba Makombo. Nancy Rose Hunt of the University of Michigan has been an informal mentor for about six years. In the fall of 2010, Kalema presented a paper about... more	kalemamasua@yahoo.fr	+27(0)
Research Associate		Ngaka Mosiane	My research interests centre around, provocatively, ‘the transformative potential of cities’. I use numerous entry points into this area of research. The first one is livelihoods, through which I examine how ordinary people use the city’s resources to reshape their lives within the context of... more	ngakab@gmail.com	011 717 7282 (fax to email: 0866 2158 0)
Former PhD Fellow		Ellison Tjirera	Ellison Tjirera is a Namibian by birth. He holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Namibia (2012). Tjirera has been a Research Associate at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a Windhoek-based think tank since 2009 when he co-authored Not Speaking Out: Measuring National... more	etjirera@gmail.com	+ 27 11 717 4230
Former PhD Fellow		Natasha Vally	Natasha Vally is a PhD Fellow at WiSER. Her research on social assistance in South Africa is an ethnographic project with a view to unravel the underlying significant theoretical implications embedded in all levels of application for, and delivery of, state social grants. When she was still a... more	natasha.vally@gmail.com	+27(0)117174238