Paul Bischoff

Professor 
Political & International Studies
Rhodes University
South Africa

Biography

Professor Paul-Henri Bischoff graduated with a DPhil from the University of Manchester after completing degrees at the University of Lancaster and the University of the Witwatersrand. He taught at the Universities of Swaziland and Papua New Guinea before taking up his appointment at Rhodes. Apart from his research interests to do with foreign policy and international organisation, he practises as an international election observer having observed elections in the rest of Africa, Melanesia, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia since 1989. He has served as head of department from 1999-2003 and, again, since 2007.

Research Intrest

"Foreign Policy Studies International and Regional Organisation African-China relations Election Observation"

List of Publications
Bischoff Paul-Henri (2012) Pan-African Multilateralism: Transformative or Disconnected?. Politikon 35: 177-196.
Bischoff Paul-Henri (2012) Contrivance with Purpose? International Relations and the Reconstitution of the International. Strategic Rev Southern Afr 32: 121-133.
Bischoff Paul-Henri (2012) Whats been built in Twenty Years? SADC and Southern Africas political and regional security culture. Strategic Rev Southern Afr 34: 2.