Professor Cheryl Hendricks

Professor Cheryl Hendricks is the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg. Prior to this she served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security Studies in the Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Programme where she focused on Women, Peace and Security and Security Sector Governance. She also worked at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Centre for Conflict Resolution and spent many years teaching in the Political Studies Department of the University of the Western Cape. She holds a PhD from the University of South Carolina in Government and International Relations and an MA from the University of York in Southern African Studies. Her research areas include Peace and Security in Africa (conflict analysis, post-conflict reconstruction, peace building), Human Security, Gender and Security, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and South African Engagement in Post-Conflict Development.