Gideon van Riet

Profile
Title
Prof
Gideon van Riet
Job title
Senior Lecturer, Political Studies and International Relations
Telephone
+27 18 299 1628
Fax
+27 18 299 4254
E-mail
Gideon.vanRiet@nwu.ac.za
Physical address
Building F13. Room G47
Campus
Potchefstroom
Qualifications

MA International Studies - (US) (2006), BA Hons Political Science (Cum Laude) - (US) (2004), DLitt et Phil (UJ) 2015

Expertise
Research interests: Post-industrial Capitalism; Risk; Disasters; Theories of Imperialism
Background

My research interest is in critical security studies, defined broadly, though mostly with an urban focus: My recent research draws on many of the different ‘schools’ within this field and a variety of other theoretical perspectives, including theories of hegemony, peace studies and post-structuralism. I apply these optics to the fields of disaster management and the problem of crime and the response thereto in South Africa.

My current work seeks to elaborate the infrastructural approach to security studies, based on primary and secondary data.