Africa-Press – Angola. Sylvia Croese, an Angolan university professor, is on a list of the “100 most influential academics in the world” in the area of government, in the year 2021, nominated by Apolitical, a platform, based in the United Kingdom, that contributes to the improvement of management. government across the world.
The information was provided by Sylvia Croese, in an interview that will be published in full on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is marked on Friday, and confirmed in a consultation at https://apolitical. co/list/en/apoliticals-100-mos-influential-academics-in-governmental.
Sylvia Croese is a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she obtained her PhD in Sociology from the University of Stellenbosch.
In the list, based on consultations with public servants and released on December 20, 2021, the global platform Apolitical highlights the work of sociologist Sylvia Croese in the area of Urban Policy and Governance.
Senior Researcher at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Sylvia Croese conducts research on housing, land, urban infrastructure and mobility, with a focus on Southern and Lusophone Africa.
Prior to joining the University of the Witwatersrand, which has a reputation based on research and academic excellence, Sylvia Croese was a Research Fellow at the African Center for Cities at the University of Cape Town, where she developed research that examined the implementation of global urban policy in African cities. , specifying the Sustainable Development Goals.
Between 2017 and 2019, the Angolan sociologist worked as an integrated researcher in Cape Town, as part of a research project, and organized a cycle of monthly seminars, for one year, on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of the “PEAK Urban Research” program.
Sylvia Croese was also the principal investigator in the research project “LIRA Agenda 2030”, co-producing urban knowledge about Angola and Mozambique through community-led data collection to fulfill the Goal of Sustainable Development number 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities).
In the list of the “100 most influential academics in the world” are 36 women of different nationalities and higher education institutions.
In the latest Ranking of the 10 Best South African Universities, the university where the Angolan researcher teaches is in second position, with the University of Cape Town, where Sylvia Croese has taught, in first place, and in fourth place, Stellenbosch University, for which the Angolan researcher obtained her PhD in Sociology.
Based in the UK, Apolitical is a global learning platform for governments and unites people with different visions for a common purpose: to contribute to the realization and effectiveness of public policies, with ideas and skills, based on professional and academic experience.
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