Jonathan D. Jansen


Jonathan D. Jansen

Bio and Research Interest

Jonathan D Jansen is Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University and former President of the Academy of Science of South Africa as well as the South African Institute for Race Relations. He started his career as a Biology teacher in the Cape and went on to pursue studies in science education (Cornell) and international development education (Stanford). In various South African institutions he has served as Dean, Vice-Chancellor and Administrator of universities. He leads a national Future Professors Program and spends half his time researching and changing underdeveloped schools in South Africa. Much of his recent work is concentrated in curriculum theory and, in particular, the politics of knowledge.

PhD

Stanford University, 1991

Honors

He was elected a Fellow of various honorary associations including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences. His book Knowledge in the blood won the Nayef Al Rodhan Prize from the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences. He served a Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and was the Chen Yidan Visiting Global Fellow at Harvard University. .

Publications

Recent book publications include On discovery (Cambridge), Corrupted (Wits) The decolonization of knowledge (Cambridge), The politics of knowledge in the biomedical sciences (Springer) and Worth the fight (Jonathan Ball)

Contact Information

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