Sebastian van Baalen a visiting scholar from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden is attached to the Centre for Civil Society University of KwaZulu-Natal. Sebastian visited the Alan Paton Centre (APC) in July 2014 to do fieldwork research for his master’s thesis. Sebastian’s research concerns post-conflict violence in KwaZulu-Natal, covering the period 1994-2001. He is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). During his fieldwork, Sebastian is conducting, interviews in the affected areas, among them Richmond. His thesis is expected to be finished in June 2015. Sebastian says he is enjoying his stay here in South Africa, and he is impressed with the Pietermaritzburg campus. The staff at the Alan Paton Centre (APC) wishes him all the best on his thesis.
