Profile for Gavin Cawthra

Professor Gavin Cawthra holds the Chair in Defence and Security Management at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Management which co-ordinates a Southern African network of institutions carrying out education and research on security management and transformation, peacekeeping and peace-building.He is a former Director of the Graduate School of Public and Development Management, and was previously co-ordinator of the Military Research Group, Director of the Committee on South African War Resistance, and Research Officer at the International Defence and Aid Fund (UK). Gavin Cawthra holds a PhD from the University of London and a BA Honours (cum laude) from the University of Natal. He has published six books as well as numerous journal and other articles, and his publications have been translated into several languages. The books he has written include: The Apartheid War Machine; Namibia: the Facts; Policing South Africa and Securing South Africa’s Democracy. Having spent many years in exile during the apartheid period, he was active in the liberation movement, specialising in research into security issues. He has lectured in more than 20 countries in Africa and wider afield and has received a number of international scholarships, research grants and awards. A consultant to government, NGOs and international organisations, Professor Cawthra lectures at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management in policy studies and security studies.