Shaw steps up to Chair

International scholar and justice expert Dr Mark Shaw has been nominated to take over the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Security and Justice from Professor Clifford Shearing, whose term ends in 2014.

Dr Shaw, who is currently the Director: Crime, Communities and Conflict at STATT Consulting in Hong Kong, is noted as a scholar with an outstanding international profile. His research grapples with contemporary and highly relevant issues of security and justice – not just in South Africa, but on the African continent. He has published more than 16 manuscripts in international journals and written 26 books and 22 chapters in books.

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