African Centre for Disaster Studies - NWU

Editorial Board

Editorial committee

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dewald van Niekerk - North-West University

Assistant Editor: Prof. Per Becker - Lund University (Sweden)

Journal Manager: Ms. Doret Botha - North-West University

Editorial assistant: Mr. Gideon Wentink

Advisory board

Mr. Terry Jeggle - Visiting Scholar in the Center for Disaster Management in the Graduate School of

Pittsburgh, United States.

Prof. Djillali Benouar - Professor in Science Engineering, University of Bab Ezzouar (USTHB),

Algeria.

Mr. Andries Jordaan - Director: Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa

(DiMTEC) University of the Free State, South Africa.

Mr. Mmaphaka Tau - Senior Manager: Capacity Building, Public Awareness and Research, National

Disaster Management Centre, South Africa.

Prof. Gabriel Kasenga - Director: Disaster Management Training Centre, Ardhi University, Dar es

Salaam, Tanzania

Mr. Adrian Phiri - Lecturer, Disaster Management Training Centre, Mulungushi University, Kabwe,

Zambia

Dr. Maliga Reddy - Associate Director: Governance and Economic Development, Durban University of

Technology – South Africa.

Prof. Eric Nealer - Associate Professor, (Public Management & Governance), School for Social and

Government Studies, North-West University, South Africa.

Prof. Eliza van Eeden - Chairperson: South African Society for History Teaching, North-West

University, South Africa.

Prof. Mohamed Hamza - Adaptation Academy Director, Visiting Professor, Oxford Brookes

University, United Kingdom.

Prof. Marcus Abrahamsson - Assistant Professor, Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and

Management (LUCRAM), Sweden.

Prof. JC Gaillard - Senior Lecturer, School of the Environment, The University of Auckland, New

Zealand.

Prof. Ben Wisner - Consultant for Oxfam International, Visiting fellow at Benfield University Hazard

Research Centre, University College London and Affiliate scholar at Oberlin College, United States.

Prof. Gerrit van der Waldt - Research Professor in Governance, North-West University, South Africa.

Prof. David Sanderson - Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes

University, United Kingdom.

Prof. Baruch Fischhoff - Head of Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, United States.

Prof. Ilan Kelman - Professor at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research,

Oslo, Norway.

Prof. Jacob Songsore - Professor in Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana.