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ProfMartin de Wit

Professor

School Of Public Leadership

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3054-2479
  • Professor
    School Of Public Leadership

OVERVIEW

Martin de Wit is a professor of Environmental Governance at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, where he teaches Environmental Economics. He coordinates the School of Public Leadership’s (SPL) MPhil (Environmental Management) Programme as well as PhD students on SPL’s PhD (PDM) Programme with a particular interest in Environmental Governance, Management, and Policy. His research work focuses on care for creation, the interactions between the economy and the environment (notably climate, ecosystems, energy, waste, and pollution), and the place of the human person in environmental governance and social order. Martin is an NRF-rated scholar with over 180 research works and technical reports as listed on ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3054-2479). Martin serves on the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Higher Degree and Research Committee and on the Board of Directors of A Rocha South Africa, an FBO in environmental conservation.

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY GROUPS MEMBERSHIP

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor: Environmental Governance
    Stellenbosch University, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Nov 2016

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Area Manager: Environmental & Resource Economics
    Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Environmentek, Pretoria, South Africa1 Jan 1998 - 31 Mar 2004
  • Assistent
    South African Reserve Bank, Capital Markets, Pretoria, South Africa1 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 1997
  • Director
    De Wit Sustainable Options, Brackenfell, South Africa1 Apr 2004

LANGUAGES

  • Dutch; Flemish
    Can read, speak, understand and peer review
  • Afrikaans
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Postgraduate project
  • Postgraduate bursary
  • Postdoctoral opportunity

AFRICAN UNION 2063 GOALS

  • 7 Environmentally sustainable and climate resilient economies and communities
  • 1 A High Standard of Living, Quality of Life and Well Being for All Citizens

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 15 Life on Land

FIELDS OF RESEARCH