Chair for Sustainable Human Settlements
Department of Human Settlements
sijekula.mbanga@mandela.ac.za
041 504 3498
North Campus, C-Block, 2nd Floor
Biography / Background
Prof Sijekula Mbanga is an Associate Professor, a programme leader for Human Settlements Studies, a member of the research group on environmental stewardship and sustainable livelihoods and the Chair for Sustainable Human Settlements at Nelson Mandela University.
Qualifications
He holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration, with his thesis focusing on integrated development planning, obtained from the previous Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Here he also completed his Masters’ degree in Administration (Cum Laude) with distinctions in Advanced Project Management, Advanced Public Policy Analysis and 100% pass in Integrated Development Planning modules.
Research Interests
His research interests include integrated approaches to development management, sustainable livelihoods, spatial transformation and urbanism, green settlements and neighbourhoods, human settlements policies and systems, local government capacity, and indigenous knowledge systems in infrastructure development.
Supervision
Sijekula currently guides and mentors twelve doctoral and six masters’ students.