Staff Profiles

MA Political Science

Central European University

Budapest, Hungary

BA Social Sciences

University of Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana

Batlang Seabo is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies. He holds an MA in Politics from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Seabo is also a researcher with the Afrobarometer Survey Network for Botswana Chapter. He has published articles in local, regional and international journals in areas of elections, voting behavior, parties, political communication and public attitudes with primary focus in Botswana. 

Seabo teaches undergraduate courses including Introduction to Political Science, The Modern State, Media and Politics, International Political Economy, Africa in World Politics and Comparative Politics. He also teaches during winter semester at Military Staff College courses in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy and Botswana's National Security Policy.

• Botswana Politics
• Voting Behavior
• Parties and Party Systems
• Political Communication
• Political Culture
• African Politics

• Voting Behavior
• Media and Public Policy
• Civil Military Relations
• Political Communication
• Political Parties
• Elections

Masilo, B. & Seabo, B. (2015) Facebook: Revolutionizing Electoral Campaign in Botswana? Journal of African Elections: Volume 14 Number 2 October. ISSN: 1609-4700

Seabo, B. & Molefe, W. (2016) The Determinants of Institutional Trust in Botswana’s Liberal Democracy. African Journal of Political Science and International Relations. Vol 10 (11), pp.131-144, ISSN: 1996-0832

Makgala, C.J, & Seabo, B. (2017) ‘Gallant little’ Botswana’s Defiance of ‘Apartheid’s    Golden    Age’, 1966-1980. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, ISSN: 0035-8533

Seabo, B. & Molebatsi, K. Botswana’s dominant party System: Determinants in The Decision To Vote For The Ruling Party. Journal of African Elections, pg1-23, DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2017/v16i2a1

Seabo, B. & Isbell, T. (2018) Citizen engagement in Botswana: Beyond voting, how much interest in participation? Afrobarometer published dispatch No.230. www.afrobarometer.org&nbs

1995-1996: MEd (Technology Education) University of Manchester United Kingdom

1989-1992: BEd (Design and Technology) University of Exeter. United Kingdom

I was born in Kanye on 16.10.67. I come from GooMotebejane ward in Kanye. I grew up in Selebe Pikwe and went to school at Tebogo Primary School from 1975 to 1980. I also did my secondary education from 1981 to 1985 at Selibe Pikwe Secondary School (SPSS) and later served my national service at Malatswae village in the Serowe - Palapye Sub District from 1986-1987. I also went to Botswana Polytechnic in 1987 to start a Bachelor,s degree in Design and Technology which I completed in the United Kingdom in 1992 at the University College of Marjons an affiliate College of the University of Exeter in The UK. I  taught Engineering Drawing and Design and Technology at Naledi Senior Secondary School in 1992-1993 and later joined The Botswana Polytechnic as a Staff Development Fellow. Later in 1996, I went back to England to pursue my Masters Degree in Technology Education at the University of Manchester. I then jointed the University of Botswana in 1996. Some of the courses  I have and continue to teach are Ergonomics and design, Occupational Health and safety for Designers, Principles of Design. My research areas are in Ergonomics and Design and have published several peer reviewed journal articles in the area of Ergonomics and design. I also had a PhD stint with the University of The Witwatersrand in The Republic of South Africa.. My research topic comprised of developing an ergonomics model for Technology Transfer which i intend to complete in the near future.

Ergonomics and Design

Design Principles

Anthropometry and its application to Design

Occupational Health Safety in Design

Ergonomics and Design

Design Technology

Occupational Health and safety and the design of work

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1. Moalosi, R., Mosepedi, T., and Sealetsa, O. (2019). Critical thinking driven by design sketching in the future. Manual, digital or a hybrid approach?. Paper presented at the 10th International Science, Mathematics & Technology Education Conference, 6-9 November, Reduit, Mauritius.

3. Oanthata Jester Sealetsa, Richie Moalosi and Yaone Rapitsenyane (2019). The investigation of biomechanical postural risk exposures and prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among diamond polishers in Botswana: ASHFAS and ESSA 2019 Conference 26-27 August, Durban Republic of South Africa.

     3 Sealetsa O. J., Tharcher A., (2011) Ergonomics Issues among sewing machine operators in The textile industry in Botswana. WORK 38(3) 279-89 . (8433 reads, Research Gate)

MBChB (Kwazulu-Natal) FCEM (South Africa) MMed Emergency Medicine (UB)

MSc. Environmental Planning; University of Botswana

BSc. Range Science; Utah State University

Diploma: General Agriculture; University of Botswana and Swaziland

Reuben Sebego is a physical geographer by training.  He received the B.Sc. degree in range science from Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, and the M.Sc. degree in Environmental Planning from the University of Botswana. His main research interests lie in rangeland/landscape ecology and land use and land cover mapping using GIS and remote sensing. He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture for many years before joining the University of Botswana as a Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science. At the University of Botswana, he teaches courses on GIS, ecology and remote sensing to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Geographic Information Systems

Land Degradation

Botswana Environment

Land use and Land cover change

Land degradation

Vegetation distribution patterns

Range Ecology/Management

Land use and land cover change

Plant distribution patterns

Zekeng, J. C., van der Sande, M. T., Fobane, J. L., Mphinyane, W. N., Sebego, R., & Mbolo, M. M. A. (2020). Partitioning main carbon pools in a semi-deciduous rainforest in eastern Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management, 457, 117686.

Gidey, E., Dikinya, O., Sebego, R., Segosebe, E., & Zenebe, A. (2017). Modeling the Spatio-temporal dynamics and evolution of land use and land cover (1984–2015) using remote sensing and GIS in Raya, Northern Ethiopia. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 3(4), 1285-1301.

Mulale, K., Chanda, R., Perkins, J. S., Magole, L., Sebego, R. J., Atlhopheng, J. R., ... & Reed, M. S. (2014). Formal institutions and their role in promoting sustainable land management in Boteti, Botswana. Land Degradation & Development, 25(1), 80-91.

Sebego, R. J., & Gwebu, T. D. (2013). Patterns, determinants, impacts and policy implications of the spatial expansion of an African capital city: the greater gaborone example. International Journal o