School of Social Sciences

Cheryl Mohamed Sayeed

Cheryl Mohamed Sayeed

Programme Co-ordinatorSenior Lecturer

DisciplinePublic PolicySocial Policy

Email Mohamed-sayeedc@ukzn.ac.za

Contact Number 031-260-1583

CampusHoward College Campus

Office Address MTB ZG 156

Last Updated 10 months ago

Bio

Dr Cheryl Mohamed Sayeed is a Commonwealth Scholar. Her experience at institutions of higher learning spans over 25 years with key teaching and supervision specialisation in Public Policy, Public Governance, and Development Management. Her research interests are primarily in Public Policy and Public Governance, with particular reference to their role in development management.  She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, produced chapters in books, and has presented research papers at national and international conferences. She is the editor of Alternation Special Issue: Public Policy in the Time of Pandemics (2020), and has served as co- guest editor of Alternation: South Africa: Re-imagining the Rainbow Nation (2019), which raised critical questions about 25 years of democracy in South Africa. Dr Mohamed Sayeed is a Research Associate at ACCERUS, Stellenbosch University. Dr Mohamed Sayeed facilitates the Research Methodology and Political Economy of Basic Service Delivery modules, for the coursework programme.

Research Interests

  • Public Policy
  • Governance
  • Corruption
  • Development Management

Teaching Interests

  • Policy
  • Governance
  • Research methodology

Selected Publications

Awards and Honors

  • Recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1998.
  • Recipient of a Long Service Award at MUT.
  • Served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the School of Management, Information and Governance at UKZN.

Student Supervision

Currently supervising several areas including: Youth Empowerment Policy implementation in Zimbabwe; public participation in the eThekwini Municipality; international, national and local governance; and Water service delivery in the Eastern Cape, to name a few.

Community Engagement

  • Dr Mohamed Sayeed has extensive local, national and international linkages with academics, senior government officials and researchers in the fields of public and development administration, and in the areas of policy and development management.

Research Projects

  • Dr Mohamed Sayeed serves as a Research Associate with the Anti – Corruption Centre for Education and Research of the University of Stellenbosch (ACCERUS). She is currently engaged with research into teaching ethics at higher education institutions through this linkage.  Additionally, she is currently investigating the effectiveness of IDPs on poverty reduction within the eThekwini Municipality.