Meisie Alphinah Rasakanya
- Current Role: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria
- Location: Pretoria, South Africa
- Origin: Limpopo Province, South Africa
- Scholarship: Stipendium Hungaricum
- Education: 2017-2019 | Masters of Arts in International Relations (Cum Laude) | Eszterhazy Karoly University, Hungary
- Interests: Water Security and Governance, Poverty, Unemployment, Migration, Civilisation, Globalisation, International Peace Keeping
- Skills & Competencies: European Foreign Policy, Development Studies, Water Systems Research, Social and Political Analysis, Migration and Refugee Studies
I am a former Eszterhazy Karoly University student. I completed my Master's degree in International Relations which I obtained with Cum Laude. My thesis focused on the approaches of the Hungarian Government and the Hungarian NGOs towards migration and refugees' crises. This thesis added a significant contribution and valuable knowledge in understanding European Foreign Policy and gave me the necessary skills that I carried with me to my beloved country South Africa.
Studying abroad (Hungary) under the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship did not only contribute positively to my educational development, but it also gave me the opportunity to travel the world and I can now confidently say "I am modest" as mentioned by Gustave Flaubert that "travel makes one modest; you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world".
Currently, I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Humanities, at the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology under the discipline of Development Studies. My doctoral research is titled: Improving Existing Water Supply Systems Towards Enhancing Water Accessibility and Availability in Rural Areas: A Case of Polokwane Municipality's Mankweng Cluster.
My educational background has allowed me to gain extensive knowledge in social, economic and political issues that are taking place around the world.