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1 Curriculum Vitae Eben Coetzee PERSONAL DETAILS First Name Eben Surname Coetzee Date of Birth 11 June 1986 Sex Male Marital Status Single Nationality South African Home Language(s) Afrikaans English Other Languages Dutch (excellent reading skills, fair speaking, understanding and writing skills) South Sotho (basic skills) Criminal Offences None Health Excellent

2 Non-academic skills Extensive knowledge of computers CONTACT INFORMATION Work Address Department of Political Studies and Governance University of the Free State 9300 South Africa EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Secondary School Last School Attended Sand du Plessis High School P.O. Box Fichardt Park Bloemfontein 9317 ( ) Highest Grade Passed Grade 12 Subjects passed Afrikaans First Language HG English Second Language HG Accounting HG Mathematics HG Physical Science HG South Sotho HG Highest Symbols Obtained Afrikaans: distinction English: distinction

3 Prizes and awards Best student in South Sotho ( ) Leadership roles School Prefect and Cricket Captain of First Team Tertiary Qualifications Tertiary institution University of the Free State ( ) Degrees obtained PHD (Political Science), 2017 Topic: International politics in an era of democratic politics: the enduring quality of Waltzian structural realism MA (Political Science) by dissertation, 2011 (cum laude) Topic: Beyond mono-theoretical approaches: realism, liberalism and the explanatory crisis of the democratic peace theory BA Honours (International Relations) (cum laude), 2009 Subjects passed: Research methodology International Relations Theory Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Globalisation, the State and the Politics of Citizenship Mini-thesis (Topic:

4 Die imperialisme van liberale internasionalisme en die verband met die VSA se buitelandse beleid: normatiefteoretiese en praktiese implikasies/the imperialism of liberal internationalism and its relation to US foreign policy: normative-theoretical and practical implications) BA Degree (cum laude), 2008 Major: Political Science Communication Science Afrikaans (Grammar) Minor: Media Studies English Literature Prizes and awards Departmental Prize for best Honours student in Political Science (2009) Daan Wessels Prize for best 3 rd year student in Political Science (2008) Other Certificate in Advanced Project Management (2010) SCHOLARLSHIP OF DISCOVERY Publications No rest for the weary: competition and emulation in international politics. A Waltzian perspective

5 (Politikon, June 2018) The shifting nature of theory In international Relations: Why The future of the discipline is its (Waltzian) past (Acta Academica, June 2015) Democracy, the Arab Spring and the future (great powers) of international politics: a structural realist perspective (Politikon, June 2013) Better the devil you once knew than the one you now do? Egyptian and Israeli Security Post-Arab Spring (RIMA Occasional Papers, 2013). Democratic peace theory and the realist-liberal dichotomy: the promise of neoclassical realism? (Politikon, June 2012) Conferences: International Trust No One? Democratic Peace Theory Meets 007 (Paper delivered at World International Studies Conference (WISC), Taiwan, 1-3 April 2017)

6 Conferences: National Die groot les van die Koreaanse Missielkrisis: kernafskrikking werk! (SA Akademie vir Kuns & Wetenskap, Pretoria, May 2018) Die kontinuïteit van die internasionale politiek: vanaf Antieke Griekeland tot kontemporêre Amerika (SA Akademie vir Kuns & Wetenskap, NWU University, Potchefstroom, May 2017) The shifting nature of theory in IR: why the future of the discipline is its Waltzian past (Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Theory, 2015) The validation of structural realist theory in an era of liberal ascendency (Paper Delivered at the 2012 SAAPS Biennial Conference) Agents, structures and the democratic peace (Paper delivered at the 2010 SAAPS Biennial Conference, Stellenbosch)

7 Conferences: Regional/Local Strange bedfellows in international politics. A Waltzian perspective (Paper delivered at the SAAPS Regional Colloquia, 2017; Awarded Prize for best paper by an emerging scholar) The false promise of an African democratic peace (Paper delivered at the Conference on African Peace and Security, UFS, 14 February 2017 Trust No One? Democratic Peace Theory Meets 007 (Paper delivered at the SAAPS Regional Colloquia, 2015) The idea of theory in international relations (Paper delivered at the SAAPS Regional Colloquia, 2013) The end of the road for democratic peace theory (Paper delivered at the SAAPS Regional Colloquia, 2011) Agents, structures and the democratic peace: the richness of neoclassical realism? A preliminary sketch (Paper delivered at the University of the

8 Free State Faculty Forum, 20 July 2010) Beyond mono-theoretical approaches (Paper delivered at the SAAPS Regional Colloquia, 2009; Awarded Prize for best paper by an emerging scholar) Other Theory: what is it good for and how should we do it? (Paper delivered at UFS Governance Seminar, 2018) The promise and pitfalls of theory (Paper Delivered at UFS Governance Seminar, 2017) The promise and pitfalls of theory (Paper Delivered at UFS Governance Seminar, 2016) Theory as the organisation of hope (Paper Delivered at UFS Governance Seminar, 2015) The enduring quality of Waltzian structural realism (Paper delivered at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, December 2012)

9 How do South Africans understand the concept democracy? A Political Science perspective (Lecture delivered at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, December 2012) Problems of democracy and state in Africa (Lecture delivered at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, December 2012) Theoretical aspects of international politics in an era of democratic peace (Paper delivered at Cluster on Sustainable Development Meeting, UFS, July 2012) Articles Reviewed Reviewer for: Independent Peer Reviewer of: Theoria: Journal of Social and Political Theory Australian Journal of Political Science Politikon (South African Journal of Political Studies) Journal for Contemporary History European Journal of International Relations

10 Projects Participated in an institutional project which culminated in a report entitled The internationalisation of curricula at the UFS: myth or reality? Professional Memberships South African Association of Political Studies (Current) The Academy of Political Science ( ) Yearly invitations to join the Golden Key International Honours Society ( ) Research Interests International Relations Theory Democratic Peace Theory American Foreign Policy (both contemporary and historical) Theories of War and Peace Nuclear deterrence Philosophy of Science Kenneth Waltz Structural realist theory and its critics The idea of theory SCHOLARSHIP OF ENGAGEMENT 2018 Contribution to Volksblad 2017 Contribution to Volksblad 2015 Two Radio Interviews on International-political issues

11 2014 Contribution to Volksblad Committee and other responsibilities Humanities Research Ethics Committee Coordinator (Honours Programme) Co-organiser of the SAAPS Regional Colloquium (2017) Part of panel for assessment of Masters and PhD Proposals for Centre for Gender & Africa Studies (UFS) Other: Regular participant at Rotary Club s Yearly Career Day SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING Courses & supervision Courses Presented: International Law & Organisations (2011-date) Security Studies (2011-date) Political Strategic Planning ( ) Research Methodology & Research Proposal (2015-date) Political Environment of Africa (2011) Postgraduate supervision: Successfully supervised: 10 Mini-Dissertations

12 3 Masters Dissertations (Supervisor for 2; co-supervisor for 1) Current supervision: Supervisor for 2 Masters Dissertations Co-supervisor for 1 Masters Dissertation Supervisor for 1 Mini- Dissertation Co-supervisor for 1 Mini- Dissertation Internal/External Examination External examiner for Masters Dissertation (Stellenbosch University) Internal examiner (CGAS: S. Njani-Matetakufa) External examiner for NWU and NMMU (Post-graduate modules) Awards Nominated for 2015 Teaching & Learning Awards EMPLOYMENT RECORD Employer Department of Political Science Years/Title/Responsibilities 2011-present Lecturer Coordinator: Honours Programme Centre for Africa Studies (June) Junior Lecturer

13 Responsible for lecturing two postgraduate (Honours-level) modules on: (i) The Political Environment of Africa (ii) Global Governance Responsible for the supervision of students Centre for Africa Studies 2009-Present Research Assistant Responsible for the conduct of research Centre for Africa Studies 2010 Academic Assistant Responsible for administrative assistance to lecturing staff Department of Political Science Extensive experience in assessment of Afrikaans and English scripts (tests as well as exams) and assignments at undergraduate level Department of Political Science Tutor Responsible for tutoring 1 st year students in Political Science REFERENCES Prof. TG Neethling

14 HOD: Political Studies & Governance, UFS Prof. H Solomon Political Studies & Governance, UFS solomonh@ufs.ac.za Prof. H van der Elst Government Studies: NWU Herman.VanDerElst@nwu.ac.za

Eben Coetzee. Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL DETAILS. Date of Birth 11 June English

Eben Coetzee. Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL DETAILS. Date of Birth 11 June English Curriculum Vitae Eben Coetzee PERSONAL DETAILS First Name Eben Surname Coetzee Date of Birth 11 June 1986 Sex Male Marital Status Single Nationality South African Home Language(s) Afrikaans English Other