Call for Applications! for 2024 Christof Heyns Memorial Thesis Award! Apply Now!

Invitation to all doctoral candidates

Students who have completed, or will complete, their doctoral studies in law at an African University in 2024 are encouraged to submit their doctoral theses for consideration for the Christof Heyns Memorial Thesis Award, which is awarded on an annual basis. The winning thesis will be published in book form by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP).

What is the Christof Heyns Memorial Thesis Award?

The Memorial Thesis Award was introduced to honour the memory of the late Professor Christof Heyns, who passed away in March 2021. Professor Heyns was a founder of the Pretoria University Law Press and took the initiative towards the introduction of this prize. This prize underlines his exceptional passion for promoting scholarship and a life devoted to initiating innovative ideas to make the world a better place for all. There can be no better way to begin to recognise the enormous contribution that Professor Heyns has made to advancing scholarship, research and publication in Africa, by Africans and on Africa.

What do I win?

The panel of experts will decide a winner and one runner-up.
The winning thesis will be published in book form by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP).

The winner of the Christof Heyns Memorial Thesis Award receives a cash prize of R10 000 in addition to the option to publish with PULP. The runner-up receives a R5 000 cash prize and the option to publish their thesis in book form, with PULP.