Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only if the remaining pine trees are removed.
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Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) is among South Africa’s leading tertiary institutions based on research output, student pass rates and rated scientists, and is recognised internationally as an academic institution of excellence. This is confirmed by two world university rankings after SU was included in the Times Higher Education and QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) world rankings in 2012, for the second consecutive year. In 2011 the University was also listed on the Leiden rankings, and in 2012 SU was named the leading African University by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities which ranks universities according to their web presence.
SU also boasts the second-highest number of scientists in South Africa who have been ranked by the National Research Foundation (NRF) – 306 in 2012. With 18 research chairs under the NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChi), the University is regarded as a leader in the fields of biomedical tuberculosis research and management, wine biotechnology, animal sciences and mathematical biosciences. Another SARChi chair, in the field of invasion biology, is shared between SU and the University of Venda. This constitutes but one of SU’s many partnerships, both local and international. As preferred research partner, SU also participates in various international academic networks.
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Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Director of the Solar Thermal Energy Research Group, Stellenbosch University
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Senior researcher at Research on Socio-Economic Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
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Senior researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Psychology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Postdoc Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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plant ecologist, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of History, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
