Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs
School of Public Management and Administration

Christopher Thornhill

Telephone: 27 12 420-3606
Email: thornhil@hakuna.up.ac.za

Current PositionHead of Research
Provincial Affairs
Intergovernmental Relations Institute

Academic Degrees

1966 B.A. Public Administration, Political Science, University of Pretoria
1967 B.A. (Hons) Public Admnistration, University of Pretoria
1968 M.A. Public Administration, University of Pretoria
1973 Ph.D. Public Administration, University of Pretoria

Professional Experience

1996-2000 Dean, Faculty of Economic Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
1993-1996 Director, School for Public Management and Administration, University of Pretoria
1987-1992 Inter alia Chair, Committee of Investigation into a New System of Local Government for South Africa; Chair, Committee of Investigation into Metropolitanisation in South Africa
1988- 1992 Deputy Director-General, senior management echelon, Public Service
1976-1982 Department Head, University of Port Elizabeth
1967-1976 Full-time lecturer, University of Pretoria and Stellenbosch

Selected Recent Publications

Author, co-author, and contributor to 11 books, 48 articles and has delivered more than 171 papers at international conferences

Thornhill, C. (1993). An overview of local government and administration in the Ivory Coast. South African Institute for Public Administration.
Thornhill, C. (1994). An overview of municipal government and administration in Kenya. Administratio Publico, 5 (1), 43-53.
Thornhill, C. (1994). Public service reform: Probability or improbability. SA Journal of Economic and management Sciences, 14 (Summer).
Thornhill, C. (1996). Challenges facing the public sector, accountancy and fifnance update. Africa's Journal for Financial Professionals, 1 (5).

Citizenship

South Africa

Professional Memberships

Board member, South African institute of Public Administration, 1985-1998
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management
Member, South African Association of Public Administration and Management
Editor, South African Journal of Public Administration

Overseas Experience and Travel for Research Purposes

Travel for study purposes to Mexico, United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Cote d Ivoire, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malta, and Hungary.

Current Research

Intergovernmental relations in South Africa.

Awards

1995 Stals prize for Political Science and Development Adminstration, SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns