Cornelius Hagenmeier is an international education administrator and legal academic who is rooted in the German and South African jurisdictions. He was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 15 June 1971. He obtained his qualification to be appointable as a judge in Germany (assessor juris) before he decided to settle in South Africa in 2002. He holds a South African LL.B. degree (UNISA) and a South African LL.M degree (UCT) and is a non-practicing attorney of the High Court of South Africa. He accepted an appointment at the University of Venda in 2007 in the Department of Public law and has been responsible for internationalisation at this institution from 2011 until 2017 as the institution’s Director of International Relations. He moved to the University of the Free State in 2017, where he now serves as the Director of the Office for International Affairs. In a voluntary capacity, he has been since 2011 a member of IEASA’s Management Council. He holds since 2015 the portfolio as ‘Treasurer’ and serves on its Executive Committee. In addition to his managerial, administrative and legal skills, he has extensive expertise in international higher education partnerships and internationalisation strategy development. He has taught on various short learning programmes in this field, and facilitated relevant workshops.
Phone/WhatsUp number : +27 83 757 4534
E-mail address : hagenmeiercca@ufs.ac.za (w), chagenmeier@gmail.com (p)
Higher Education
University : University of Cape Town
Degree enrolled for : PhD in Commercial Law (enrolled since 2016)
University : University of Cape Town
Degree obtained : LL. M. (Shipping Law): Coursework and Minor Dissertation (1998)
University : University of South Africa
Degree obtained : LL.B (2008)
University : Humboldt University of Berlin
Degree obtained : First German State Exam in Law (1998)
Professional Examinations
Attorney’s Admission
Exam South Africa : Law Society of South Africa (2004)
Second German State
Exam in Law : Justizpruefungsamt Berlin (2002)
Professional Qualifications
Germany: : Assessor Juris – qualified to be appointed as judge
Qualification obtained : Admission as Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Pretoria, 1 October 2007 – I am presently on the non-practicing roll.
Academic Work (selected peer reviewed publications)
International Higher Education Partnerships in the Developing World (2018) Published in: Encyclopaedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. (doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_279-1) (Internet Reference: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401789042 )
Internationalisation and African Intellectual Metissage: Capacity-Enhancement through Higher Education in Africa (2017). Published in: 31 South African Journal of Higher Education 2017 (1). (Internet reference: http://dx.doi.org/10.20853/31-1-821 ).
Innovative approaches to Internationalization in Rural South Africa: The Case of the University of Venda (2017). Published in: Hans de Wit, Jocelyne Gacel-Avila, Elspeth Jones, Nico Jooste (eds.) The Globalization of Internationalization: Emerging Voices and Perspectives. (ISBN: 9781138100640)
Hagenmeier, C.; Shumba, T. and Mireku, O. The Admission and Enrolment of Foreign Legal Practitioners in South Africa under the Legal Practice Act: International Trade Law and Constitutional Perspectives (2016). Published in: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 2016 (19). (Internet reference: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2016/v19i0a734 )
Ensuring Equality in Higher Education Partnerships Involving Unequal Universities in Divergent Contexts (2015). Published in: Jooste, de Wit and Heleta (eds.) Higher Education Partnerships for the Future. (ISBN: 978-1-920508-62-3) (Internet reference: http://www.highered-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Higher-Education-Partnerships-for-the-Future-Book-WEB.pdf ). An abridged version was published ‘International Higher Education’ Number 83: Special Issue 2015 (ISSN: 1084-0613) (Internet reference: http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ihe/article/view/9092/8199)
Work Experience
Director: Office for International Affairs (1 September 2018 – present): University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Director of International Relations (1 July 2011 – 30 August 2018); Coordinator: International
Relations Office (1 May 2010 – 30 June 2011): University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, South Africa
Lecturer in Public Law and Director’s Assistant, Ismail Mahomed Centre for Human and Peoples’ Rights (2007 – 2011): University of Venda
Voluntary work
International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA): Member of the Management Council (2011 – present); Treasurer (2015 – present); Lecturer on the joint IEASA / Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Short Learning Programme. In this programme, I have lecturer on internationalisation strategy, legal aspects of internationalisation and internationalisation of research. (2014 – present)