Professor Bruce Hewitson is a climatologist. He is currently the Director of the CSAG research group and the South Africa National Research Chair on Climate Change at the University of Cape Town. His research focus is on regional climate variability and his expertise includes climate modelling, climate change and downscaling. He has been part of strategic meetings and has held several invited leadership roles in international organisations, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the World Climate Research Programme’s Working Group on Regional Climate. He has experience working with stakeholders and scientists across Africa. Outside of his core research area, he has wide ranging interests in appropriate technology, scientific capacity building and the science-society interface.
