AOSIS congratulates Emeritus Professor Andries van Aarde on his selection as a member of the Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa (CSPiSA).

CSPiSA is a Standing Committee of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), whose mandate is, among other things, to help foster the next generation of leading scientists and science scholars in South Africa. The Committee oversees ASSAf’s Scholarly Publishing Programme.

Professor van Aarde is also Editor-in-chief of HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies (HTS), an influential and internationally accredited open-access journal published proudly by AOSIS at www.hts.org.za.

Besides overseeing HTS and ASSAF’s Scholarly Publishing Programme, Professor Van Aarde is also an NRF rated scholar and active member of two National Scholarly Editors’ Forums for journals and books.