MSc Rural Soc Alberta, Canada, DPhil Sussex

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Frank Matose is professor and environmental sociologist in the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research focuses on the political ecology of conservation, collaborative forest management, and commons governance in Africa. 

His current research project is titled Resilient and Equitable Nature-based Pathways in Southern African Rangelands (REPAiR). His latest book is titled: Forests and the power of Marginalised People in Southern Africa: Politics of Chronic Liminality, James Currey (2025). He recently co-published Reclaiming African Environmentalism: Ecological Struggles for Wellbeing and Habitability, with Lesley Green, Anselmo Matusse and Nikiwe Solomon, HSRC Press: Cape Town (2025) and The Violence of Conservation in Africa with Maano Ramutsindela and Tafadzwa Mushonga (2022). He serves on the advisory board of The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA). He also serves as a fellow of the Rights, Resources, Initiative/Group and interim of chair of the Advisory Committee of the Collaborating for Resilience (CoRe). Both are Washington, DC based non-governmental organisations working with Indigenous People and local communities worldwide to further their rights over resources.

You can download my complete CV here. 

New book : The Violence of Conservation in Africa