Dr. Chris Changwe Nshimbi is Research Fellow & Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria. He researches regional integration (especially in East and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia), borders, informal cross-border trade, grassroots non-state actors, social cohesion and water resources management. He teaches Regional Integration; African Politics and Regions; and Political Dynamics in the Department of Political Sciences. Chris has participated in and sits on regional and international technical working groups on labour and migration, the integrated water sector, social protection and well-being.