by Mark Swilling | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
I have been at Yale since mid-March (except for a month of teaching in August back in Stellenbosch). My aim was to write a book called Just Transitions in a Complex World: Reflections of an Enraged Incrementalist. I have just completed Chapter 8 – two more...
by Mark Swilling | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog
A little weird sitting here in a bubble called Yale University, on the East Coast of the USA, waiting to be interviewed by Karima Brown about the Zondo Commission. Last night I read the Preface of my book Shadow State to a friend here in the USA who knows nothing...
by Mark Swilling | Sep 12, 2018 | Publication, Talks
Shadow State was successfully launched in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Amazingly, the publishers had the book ready for launching the same week the Zondo Commission into State Capture began its hearings. This created the perfect media setting for the launch of the...
by Mark Swilling | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
i’m back at Yale, preparing for more writing time, but cannot help reflecting on an extra-ordinary teaching experience last week. For the first time in two decades I am teaching undergraduates again. I was somewhat nervous, but it has been very very satisfying....
by Mark Swilling | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog
Travelled to New York this morning to collect my visa from the Canadian embassy. It was not ready, and so could’nt catch my flight this afternoon. Would have loved to attend the ICLEI World Congress to present the Weight of Cities report, and get some good...
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