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2015
51 Poets: an Anthology of World Poetry
For a Latin American publisher I have undertaken to compile an anthology of world poetry.
Faith and Food: The Intersectionality of Belief, Politics, Security and Human Flourishing in Africa
The place and role of food in religious, cultural beliefs and practices is complex and varies among individuals and communities.
Generating Knowledge: Conservation Sciences in South Africa’s National Parks
Over many years a considerable body of reliable scientific information has been generated in or about South Africa’s national parks, both by scientists employed by the organization and by outside researchers working with SANParks.
The Impact of the Global Recession on Party Policy Preferences
The project continues and wants to bring to an end a project that has been started at STIAS in March 2013.
The malaise of the human condition: Social diagnostics, human evolution and theological discourse on the contingency of “sin”
Social diagnostics gained some currency in the South African context through the Diagnostic Report (2011) produced by the National Planning Commission.
The nature of randomness and fundamental physical limits of secrecy
People have always been fascinated by randomness and intrigued by the fundamental question – is any outcome that appears random to us only so by virtue of our ignorance, or do there exist experiments whose outcome is inherently unpredictable to any observers, no matter how powerful or omniscient they might be?
2014
Animal, Mineral or Vegetable?
During my time at STIAS I will collaborate with Stellenbosch faculty in both the humanities and the sciences to examine ancient Egyptian mummies, particularly those belonging to animals.
Apocalyptic themes in the global warming debate
There is major controversy in America today over global warming.
Basic questions of ethics (2)
Work at STIAS will be devoted to additional contributions for English and Chinese translations of the book Ethics.
Celebrating South African outsider artists: Helen Martins and Nukain Mabusa
In 1972, the British scholar Roger Cardinal coined the term outsider art as an English equivalent of art brut, French artist Jean Dubuffet’s term for artists creating extraordinary work outside the boundaries of mainstream western art.
Challenges and opportunities for the transport sector
The issue of sustainable energy supply is a global problem for pursuing future endeavours in the energy area.
Decolonial thoughts
Work at STIAS will be the final draft of four lectures which were delivered in 2013 at the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) in Johannesburg under the general topic of Decolonial Thoughts.
Deconstructing Shadows: Human behaviour through the prism of evolution
This project involves an in-depth analysis of human behaviour from an evolutionary perspective, as a basis for integrating our modern understanding of behavioural psychology with its neurobiological basis.
Developing a Theory of Landscape Demography
Many populations of wild organisms exist as scattered populations spread across landscapes.
Discovery and ethical dimensions of the natural sciences
The archives of Nobel Prizes have been used for the production of two books, Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences(2010) and Nobel Prizes and Nature’s Surprises (2013).
Education, Skills and Inequality in the Labour Market
The race between education and technology is a key factor in determining earnings inequality.
Elie Metchnikoff: A Passionate Scientist
Elie Metchnikoff, Nobel laureate in Medicine and Physiology in 1908, is the father of innate immunity, the rapid, but non-specific defense against infection.
Emerging Statistical Renaissance in Africa
The project is about completing the writing of a book entitled Emerging Statistical Renaissance in Africa.
Ethnic differences in obesity-related complications in South African women
Obesity is closely linked the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D), a leading cause of death worldwide.
Ethnicity and Constitutionalism in Africa
The focus of the study for this year, under the broad theme of constitution-building in Africa will be the issue of separation of powers.
Exploring interpretations of the constitution and the bible as “sacred texts” in constructing (un)equal gendered environments
Culture, religion, gender, ethnicity, race and history influence processes of identity formation and social relationships.
Falls and related consequences in old age
Older populations are expanding all over the world.
Food and nutrition security in rural communities
A book is being developed which takes into account multiple objectives of providing enough food at household and individual level, an acceptable monetary income and sustainable production under the constraints of limited access to resources (land, credit, water, technology, information, level of education and more), dependency on remittances and social security programs, and limited access to markets.
Garment of Destiny
Work on a new single-author book with a working title of Garment of Destiny will be started.
Global Human Rights Law and the Boundaries of Statehood
How does a transformation of the boundaries of statehood contribute to recovering the public and political nature of human rights law beyond the international legal order of territorial states?
God, Spies and Lies: How journalists and politicians fought South Africa’s war of ideas, 1800-2015
In the light of the political impasse gripping the country, this study investigates the ideas that made democratic South Africa, through the largely unexplored interaction between its journalists and politicians.
Health transition and injury care and prevention
Apart from making important contributions to morbidity and mortality world-wide (WHO), injuries as a health problem have special characteristics (Byass et al.
High-Resolution Laboratory X-Ray Bio-Imaging
This project concerns methods to obtain higher spatial resolution and improved contrast when imaging thick biological samples – a classical and generic bio-imaging problem.
Hypervalent Iodine Compounds as Green Reagents in Organic Synthesis
The need for environmentally benign methodology to perform reactions in organic chemistry is continuously increasing, in order to minimize health and climate effects caused by the chemical industry.
Impact of sustainable intensification of food production on environment and human well-being
Africa, once considered the breadbasket of the world, is now strongly affected by problems with food insecurity and malnutrition.
It’s the Education, Stupid! Martin Luther’s unfinished business
At the beginning of the 21th century mankind is confronted with a number of global challenges.
Kingfisher Tales
The Greek myth of the European Kingfisher has inspired many poets and writers and left deep traces in European culture.
Listening
It is planned to begin a book called Listening during the stay at STIAS which will present, in a form accessible to readers with diverse interests, a method of psychological inquiry that was developed with graduate students at Harvard and taught for many years.
Lonely Death: An Ecology of Living and Dying in Post-Miracle Japan
Stories of lonely death (kodokushi) are commonplace in what is considered an era of increasing isolation and social disconnectedness in post-Bubble Japan.
Migration Stories: The US Visa Lottery and Global Citizenship
A book about Togolese who apply for the US Diversity Visa lottery will be completed.
Monetary Policy in African Countries: Theory, Practice and Impact
The prevailing macroeconomic frameworks in African countries may be generally characterized as a do no harm approach to policy.
Rethinking Development in the Global Information Age: Implications for Africa
This seminar conducted by Manuel Castells is a follow-up to his previous STIAS seminar Informational Development and Human Development: South Africa in a Global Perspective (24–26 August 2011).
Social-ecological systems and biosphere stewardship
Humanity interacts with the dynamics of the biosphere in new ways.
Synthesis, Design, and Resource Optimization in Batch Chemical Plants
The project at STIAS will involve writing a research book aimed at closing a glaring scientific gap in the area of batch chemical process.
The becoming of post-apartheid jurisprudence: Towards a minor jurisprudence of generosity
The project focuses on the interdisciplinary possibilities of law to constitute a discourse of transformation for post-apartheid South Africa.
The Death Drill (a novel)
During the stay at STIAS research and writing on the historical novel ‘The Death Drill, inspired by and based on the sinking of the SS Mendi, a battle ship carrying members of the South African Native Labour Corps, will be continued.
The Foundations of Virology
At STIAS the text of an extended online edition (eBook) of the historic research work, ‘The Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoverers and Discoveries, Inventors and Inventions, Developers and Technology’will be written.
The indirect responsibility of States parties to Human Rights Treaties
Supervisory organs of international human rights treaties have recognised the extraterritorial effects of the prohibition of torture and recently also of the right to a fair trial.
The Porcupine is a Monkey
The aim of the work I would undertake while at Stellenbosch would be to complete the argument of a new book, whose title is The Porcupine is a Monkey.
The provision of ecosystem services and poverty alleviation
How society chooses to use land and allocate resources drives economic development and environmental quality.
The Scientific Method in Biology and Biomedicine (2)
Work on the book ‘The Scientific Method in Biology and Biomedicine’ will be continued.
The short history of evidence-based veterinary vaccinology
The project is concerned with vaccinology in the public eye.
Voices
After focusing almost exclusively on the instrumental medium for forty years, I will use the forthcoming STIAS artist residency as an opportunity to concentrate on the voice - and the choir in particular.