Participants & Expertise

Project Leaders

  Prof Germarié Viljoen

  Associate Professor
  +27 18 299 1931
  germarie.viljoen@nwu.ac.za
  Building F5, Office G06, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom
  LLB, LLM (cum laude), LLD
  Water law

Researchers

  Mr Boyane Tshehla

  Senior Lecturer
  018 389 2316
  Boyane.Tshehla@nwu.ac.za
  Criminal Justice

  Mr Krisdan Bezuidenhout

  Lecturer
  21312850@mynwu.ac.za
  Environmental Law; Local Government Law; Administrative Law; Urban Sustainability

  Prof Niel Lubbe

  Assosiate Professor
  +27 18 299 1032
  Niel.Lubbe@nwu.ac.za
  Ecosystem Services; Environmental Law; Natural Resource and Biodiversity Conservation; Wildlife Crime; Animal Welfare

  Mrs Lebo Smith

  Lecturer
  +27 16 910 3459
  Lebo.Motelle@nwu.ac.za
  Environmental Law; Labour Law and Administrative Law

  Prof Michelle Barnard

  Associate Professor and Deputy Dean: Quality Assurance and Stakeholder Relations
  +27 18 299 1033
  Michelle.Barnard@nwu.ac.za
  Climate change; law and policy (international and national); Energy sector reform; Climate change mitigation and adaptation; Sustainable development goals; Just energy transition; Climate change litigation.

Extraordinary appointments with environmental interest

  Adv Marius Oosthuizen

  Extraordinary Senior Lector
  012 111 0436
  m.oosthuizen@advchambers.co.za
  Mining Law

  Prof Willemien du Plessis

  Extraordinary Professor
  +27 18 299 1969
  Willemien.duPlessis@nwu.ac.za
  Environmental Law; Legal History; Land Law; Legal Pluralism

  Prof Arie Trouwborst

  Extraordinary Associate Professor
  +31(0)134668704
  a.trouwborst@tilburguniversity.edu

  Prof Jonathan Verschuuren

  Extraordinary Professor
  j.m.verschuuren@uvt.nl
  Constitutional and administrative law.

  Dr Nathan John Cooper

  Extraordinary Professor
  nathan.cooper@waikato.ac.nz
  Internationalisation lead

  Prof Susan Bouillon

  Extraordinary Associate Professor
  susan@delacon.co.za
  Planning Legislation, Development Planning Legislation, Constitutional Legislation and Municipal Legislation; Compilation of Legal Opinions and Interpretation; Municipal Tribunals; Land Use Management; Town Planning Matters; Integrated Development.

  Dr Daniel Pallangyo

  Extraordinary Senior Lecturer
  dannypallangyo@gmail.com

Extraordinary appointments with environmental interest

  Dr Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla

  Extraordinary Research Fellow
  p_villavicencio@hotmail.com

  Dr Odile Lim Tung

  Extraordinary Research Fellow
  ojltmru@gmail.com

Full-time doctoral & post-doctoral researchers

  Dr Inge Snyman

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  ingesnyman@gmail.com
  Environmental law, Biodiversity law, Wildlife crime, Community-based conservation management, Commons

  Dr Xavia Poswa

  Post Doctoral Research Fellow
  Xavia.Poswa@nwu.ac.za
  Municipal planning, Land Use Management, Traditional Governance and Land Management, Legal Pluralism