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UCT LAW PIONEER
TO TAKE ON GLOBAL ROLE
The Law and Society Association (LSA) has appointed Professor
Dee Smythe as its inaugural coordinator of global activities (CGA).
Smythe will head the CGA for the next
three years, advising the LSA president
and trustees regarding the organisation’s
global standing. The LSA is an international
organisation of scholars interested in the
role of law in society, politics, economics
and culture.
Called a pioneer in the field of law and
society in Africa, Smythe is the director
of the Centre for Law and Society. She
is also the interim National Research
Foundation (NRF) South African Research
Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Security
and Justice.
“I’m excited to work with our members
to put in place programming and activities
that support capacity building and facilitate
global collaborations outside of our annual
meetings,” Smythe said.
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WORLD’S OLDEST
SCIENTIFIC ACADEMY
WELCOMES WILLIAM BOND
An emeritus professor at UCT’s Department of
Biological Sciences, William Bond has been elected
a Fellow of the Royal Society.
their area of scientific
expertise to the Royal
Society and when
combined, this expertise
supports the use of science
for the benefit of humanity,” said
Sir Adrian Smith, president of the
Royal Society.
Bond is the seventh South African to be
accorded the honour. He joins the ranks
of other icons of science including Charles
Darwin, Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking.
Bond is recognised as a global authority
on open (non-forested) ecosystems (e.g.
grasslands, savannas, shrublands) and
his research into the forces that shape
global vegetation, including wildfire, CO2
levels and herbivores, is credited with
transforming our understanding of how
these systems emerged.
“Each fellow and foreign member brings
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