Annette Seegers

Annette Seegers (born 14 August 1952) is a South African academic who is emeritus professor in political studies at the University of Cape Town, where she has taught since 1986. She is best known for her research on civil–military relations in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa.

Academic background Born in East London, Seegers completed her undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Pretoria. During her latter years there, she was attached as a researcher to the Institute for Strategic Studies. She attended the Loyola University Chicago on a Fulbright Scholarship and completed her PhD, under the supervision of Sam Sarkesian,

Academic positions Seegers joined the political studies department at the University of Cape Town in 1986 and became a full professor in 1998. She was a longstanding head of the department. and African Security Review.

Scholarship Seegers's primary research interests are civil-military relations; inter- and intrastate wars; security studies; and the role of armed forces during transitions to democracy. Her usual focus is on cases from Africa. and was described as "pathbreaking". It was warmly received by her contemporaries, and it became a seminal work in the field.