Dr Marianne Camerer

Senior Lecturer

Dr Marianne Camerer is an interdisciplinary and engaged scholar working on anti-corruption, democratic governance and accountable leadership. She convenes the Public Leadership and Governance module of the Master of Development Policy and Practice (MDPP), focusing on ethical leadership and public accountability and supervises Masters and PhD students in this area. Before joining the University of Cape Town (in 2014) she co-founded the international NGO Global Integrity and spearheaded governance research at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). She currently serves as a Trustee of ISS and director of Corruption Watch. Marianne is a qualified leadership coach and a Yale World Fellow (2005). She holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of Witwatersrand on “Corruption and Reform in Democratic South Africa”(2009) as well as two masters degrees from Oxford University (Comparative Social Research)  and Stellenbosch University (Political Philosophy), respectively.