Prof Nico Koopman is Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation, and Personnel at Stellenbosch University, and professor of Systematic and Public Theology. Before joining Stellenbosch University in 2001, he served as a pastor in the Uniting Reformed Church in Atlantis and in Bellville (as campus chaplain), and later as vice-rector at Huguenot College in Wellington. Prof Koopman has published extensively and is actively involved in theological and ethical scientific societies, including as a founding member of the Global Network for Public Theology. He is a senior research fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. His research focuses on public theology, reconciling justice, and human dignity.
