Cherryl Walker is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and holds a DST/NRF South African Research Chair in the Sociology of Land, Environment and Sustainable Development at Stellenbosch University (SU). She has extensive research and applied experience in land, development and gender studies in South Africa and the sub-continent. Her most recent books are Landmarked; Land Claims and Land Restitution in South Africa (2008) and Land, Memory, Reconstruction and Justice: Perspectives on Land Claims in South Africa (2010, co-edited with A Bohlin, R Hall and T Kepe). She has received several awards at SU, including Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Rector’s Award for General Performance and Rector’s Award for Research Excellence.
