Introduction

The Environmental Management sub-program investigates various aspects of sustainable development and the use of environmental management approaches and instruments in the public and the private sector. 

Our vision:

Our vision is to “Influence environmental management policy and practice through relevant, sound science towards benefitting South African society”.

Our strategic goals: 

Our aim is to establish a sub-programme (research group) that is visible, recognized and relevant by focusing on five strategic goals:

1. Establishing new and maintaining existing networks and partnerships;
2. Pursuing collaborative efforts towards securing funding (with a focus on student bursaries and other funding needs);
3. Growing our Masters programme portfolio (with specialisation fields), while ensuring the delivery of good quality of students, and maintaining an acceptable throughput;
4. Growing our PhD and MSc. student numbers and pursuing the establishment of post-doctoral position(s); and
5. Continuously improving our research profile and research outputs (peer reviewed publications and projects).

Our research focus:

Research is focused within the following major thrusts i.e.: performance of environmental assessment (quality, effectiveness, cost and efficiency), environmental monitoring and performance, environmental policy and law, waste management, ecological water requirements and integrated water resource management, air quality and climate change, and conservation leadership and futures thinking.

Staff

UESM staff:

• Prof. Reece Alberts
• Prof. Dirk Cilliers
• Prof. Leandri Kruger
• Prof. Wynand Malherbe
• Mr Theunis Meyer
• Dr Jurie Moolman
• Dr Phathu Mukwevho
• Prof. Francois Retief
• Prof. Claudine Roos

Extraordinary staff:

• Dr Mariske van Aswegen
• Prof. Jos Arts (University of Groningen)
• Prof. Alan Bond (University of East Anglia)
• Prof. Thomas Fischer (University of Liverpool)
• Prof. Linda Godfrey (CSIR)
• Prof. Nick King
• Prof. Angus Morrison-Saunders (Edith Cowan University)
• Prof. Suzan Oelofse (CSIR)
• Prof. Jennifer Pope (University of Cambridge)
• Prof. Luke Sandham
• Prof. Morgan Hauptfleisch

Research Groups

Led by Prof Francois Retief

Masters Programme Video Links

The sub-programme offers course-work Masters’ programmes in Environmental Management, with specialisation in Ecological Water Requirements, Waste Management, Conservation Leadership and Air Quality and Climate Change.

• Masters in Environmental Management
• Masters in Environmental Management - Ecological Water Requirements
• Masters in Environmental Management  - Waste Management
• Master of Environmental Management - Conservation Leadership and Futures Thinking
• Master of Environmental Management - Air Quality and Climate Change 

Brochures

• Masters of Environmental Management
• Masters of Environmental Management - Ecological Water Requirements
• Masters of Environmental Management - Waste Management
• Masters of Environmental Management - Conservation Leadership and Futures Thinking 
• Masters of EnvironmentalManagement - Air Quality and Climate Change

Short Courses

View available short courses here.