David Jeffery-Schwikkard

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I research religion and political parties. My dissertation explores how the African National Congress (ANC) navigates a secular state with a religious electorate in South Africa. I am currently a PhD candidate at King's College London, and a visiting researcher at Walter Sisulu University.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    PhD candidate (Theology and Religious Studies), King's College London
  • 2024–2024
    Visiting researcher, Walter Sisulu University
  • 2019–2021
    Senior Consultant, Oxford Policy Management
  • 2016–2019
    Chief Executive Officer, Mikhulu Child Development Trust

Education

  • 2015 
    Oxford University, MSc. Comparative and International Education
  • 2012 
    University of Cape Town, BSocSci. Politics, Philosophy, Economics

Publications

  • 2024
    Religious citizens, secular states: why do states in sub-Saharan Africa provide minimal support to religion?, Politics and Religion
  • 2024
    Systematic review of character development in low-and middle-income countries, Journal of Positive Psychology
  • 2024
    Who belongs in South Africa?‘Tapestry nationalism’in the African National Congress, Nations and Nationalism
  • 2023
    Religion and political parties in South Africa: a framework and systematic review, Journal of Southern African Studies
  • 2022
    Book review: The masks of the political God: religion and political parties in contemporary democracies, Religion, State and Society
  • 2022
    Misalignment of policy priorities and financing for early childhood education: evidence from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Mainland Tanzania, International Journal of Educational Research
  • 2022
    The COVID-19 pandemic and early childhood education in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan: perspectives of pre-primary school teachers, The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care
  • 2019
    Whose fault is failure? Contested perspectives of academic support in tertiary educational institutions in South Africa, Research in Comparative and International Education

Professional Memberships

  • African Studies Association UK
  • International Society for the Sociology of Religion

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