COMMISSIONED RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, MENTORING, CONSULTANCY AND MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKEN BY SUSAN BOOYSEN

in the fields of

POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
Policy development and implementation, Monitoring and evaluation – assessment of policy implementation and impact, Outreach and public participation, Institutional design for public policy management. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used in these fields and applications range from public opinion polling and surveys, to action research.

PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ANALYSIS
Strategic political analysis, Party politics, Elections, Governance and Coalitions, Political scenarios and forecasting, Political risk, Public policy and development, Political leadership

MENTORING
Research and capacity-building, Writing of scholarly articles and academic theses, Political analysis

MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Specialisation in curating manuscripts in social and socio-political-economic sciences, especially edited, scholarly volumes – focusing on the following parts of the process: Developing a detailed manuscript proposal in terms of the client’s brief; Identifying and selecting appropriate authors and editors; Guiding both editors and authors in the writing and coordination of chapter contributions; Managing high-level peer review processes; Managing technical coordination of the manuscript.