Jo-Ansie van Wyk lectures International Politics at the University of
South Africa. She obtained her MA in Political Science degree from the
University of Stellenbosch, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the
University of Pretoria. She has published on political event
management, elites and leadership, international relations, foreign
policy, space politics, South African politics, nuclear issues,
environmental issues and international political economy. She is a
Fulbright alumna and a member of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir
Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art). She has
lectured at the South African National Intelligence Academy, the South
African National Defence College, the South African War College and the
South African Diplomatic Academy. She has completed consultancies for
the World Bank, Unesco, the Institute for Security Studies, the South
African Department of Foreign Affairs, and Consultancy Africa
Intelligence. In June 2010, she was appointed by the minister of trade
and industry to serve on the South African Council for Space Affairs.
