Staff Profiles

MA Political Science

Central European University

Budapest, Hungary

BA Social Sciences

University of Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana

Batlang Seabo is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies. He holds an MA in Politics from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Seabo is also a researcher with the Afrobarometer Survey Network for Botswana Chapter. He has published articles in local, regional and international journals in areas of elections, voting behavior, parties, political communication and public attitudes with primary focus in Botswana. 

Seabo teaches undergraduate courses including Introduction to Political Science, The Modern State, Media and Politics, International Political Economy, Africa in World Politics and Comparative Politics. He also teaches during winter semester at Military Staff College courses in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy and Botswana's National Security Policy.

• Botswana Politics
• Voting Behavior
• Parties and Party Systems
• Political Communication
• Political Culture
• African Politics

• Voting Behavior
• Media and Public Policy
• Civil Military Relations
• Political Communication
• Political Parties
• Elections

Masilo, B. & Seabo, B. (2015) Facebook: Revolutionizing Electoral Campaign in Botswana? Journal of African Elections: Volume 14 Number 2 October. ISSN: 1609-4700

Seabo, B. & Molefe, W. (2016) The Determinants of Institutional Trust in Botswana’s Liberal Democracy. African Journal of Political Science and International Relations. Vol 10 (11), pp.131-144, ISSN: 1996-0832

Makgala, C.J, & Seabo, B. (2017) ‘Gallant little’ Botswana’s Defiance of ‘Apartheid’s    Golden    Age’, 1966-1980. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, ISSN: 0035-8533

Seabo, B. & Molebatsi, K. Botswana’s dominant party System: Determinants in The Decision To Vote For The Ruling Party. Journal of African Elections, pg1-23, DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2017/v16i2a1

Seabo, B. & Isbell, T. (2018) Citizen engagement in Botswana: Beyond voting, how much interest in participation? Afrobarometer published dispatch No.230. www.afrobarometer.org&nbs