Prof. Christopher Afoke Isike of Pretoria in S. Africa who is considered to be one of the most influential thinkers for Africa Politics, will be the guest of the fifteenth program of the seminar series “A Common Horizon for Humanity and the Planet”. The seminar will be broadcast live on the Cappadocia University YouTube channel on Thursday, September 29 at 20:00 (Turkish Time). His research interests include African soft power politics, women, peace and conflict studies, women and political representation in Africa, rethinking state formation in Africa, politics in a digital era and African immigration to South Africa.
The conversation will be on the topic of “Impact of Global Developments on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa” and the program will be moderated by Dr. Volkan İPEK of Yeditepe University.
The Women, Peace and Security agenda in Africa stems from the UNSC S/ RES/1325 and nine others landmark UNSC resolutions on women, peace and security which provide a framework for women’s participati...
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Professor at University of Pretoria
Christopher Afoke Isike, PhD, is a Professor of African Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria (ACSUS-UP), South Africa. He is also the current President of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), and member of the Board of Directors of Global Development Network (GDN).
Professor Isike conducts research from an Africanist lens, and teaches international relations theory, strategic and security studies, and security theory at the University of Pretoria. His research interests include African soft power politics, women, peace and conflict studies, women and political representation in Africa, rethinking state formation in Africa, politics in a digital era and African immigration to South Africa. A C2 rated researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, Prof Isike has over 60 publications in top national and international peer-reviewed journals including chapters in books published by reputable publishing houses globally.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Africa’s foremost political science journal, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies (2020 to 2024), and has been Editor of Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation since 2017. He also serves on the editorial board of several reputable international journals, such as International Political Science Abstracts.
Prof Isike consults for the UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government on gender equality and women empowerment issues in South Africa. He was recently appointed by the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture as a Social Cohesion Advocate of South Africa from 2020 – 2024.
Asst. Prof. of Yeditepe University
Dr. Volkan Ipek, Assistant Professor at the department of Political Science and International Relations of Yeditepe University, received his Ph.D from the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University in 2015. Dr. Ipek has specifically been interested in African studies and has several publications about Turkey’s foreign policy on Africa, Politics in Africa and Morocco’s relations with the European Union, two books and many book chapters on Rwanda, Botswana, Mali and Turkey’s diverse positions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
