Ms.Marie Wentzel is a chief researcher in the Democracy, Governance, and Service Delivery research programme of the Human Sciences Research Council.She holds an MA degree in History from the University of Stellenbosch.Before joining the HSRC, she worked at the University of Stellenbosch, where she was responsible for research on the South African Labour Party.Her areas of research interest include international and internal migration, and South African political history.Marie has more than 35 years research experience and has been involved in numerous academic and policy focused research projects.Her publication record comprises a co-edited book and the authoring and coauthoring of several journal articles, chapters in books and research reports.