Nico Koopman

Vice Rector Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel | Stellenbosch University

Since 1 July 2016, Nico Koopman is the Vice Rector Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel at Stellenbosch University. From 1 June 2015 to 30 June 2016, he was acting in this position. From 2010-2015, he was dean of the Faculty of Theology. He is professor of Systematic Theology and Public Theology at Stellenbosch University, and an ordained pastor of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa. Since 2008, he is a member of the Council of the University of Stellenbosch. He is chairperson of the Global Network for Public Theology. During the academic year of September 2007 to June 2008, he was public theologian-in-residence at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. He plays a leading role in public discourses in the academy, churches and broader society, both locally and internationally. He was warden of Stellenbosch University Residences Huis Marais and Huis Visser for seven years.

Nico is a member of various scientific societies, namely the International Reformed Theological Institute, the Society for Christian Ethics in the United States of America, the Theological Society of Southern Africa, and The Society for Practical Theology in South Africa. He is also the founding member of the Ethics Society of Southern Africa. He has published various articles in South African and international journals, and also chapters in books as well as various popular publications.