Management (Advisory Board and Executive Committee)

Day-to-day management of the Centre is performed by the Director (as Chief Executive), supported by Administrative and other staff as appropriate. The Centre is overseen by an Advisory Board, as stipulated in ‘Regulations for the Establishment and Operation of Units, Centres, Institutes and Bureaus’ [S 3563/05]. The role of the Advisory Board is to provide overall guidance, advice and direction to the Centre.

The Advisory Board is composed as follows:

The Dean of the Faculty of Education (as Chairman);
The Vice-Principal (Research) of the University (ex officio);
The Director of Finance or his/her representative;
The Heads of relevant Departments;
A maximum of four persons who are members of the both international and South African scientific communities, bi-annually designated by the Advisory Board;
The Director of the Centre; and
One of the persons contemplated above, designated annually by the Director.

CSR Advisory Board

The Advisory Board meets once a year and considers reports, policies and plans related to the functioning of the CSR. Current CSR Advisory Board Members include:

Surname	Name	Designation	Email
Sehoole	Chika	Chairman and Dean: Faculty of Education	[email protected]
Ströh	Anton	Vice-Principal: Institutional Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the University of Pretoria	[email protected]
Moolla	Naeem	Director: Finance, UP	[email protected]
Pillay	Jerry	Dean: Faculty of Theology and Religion, UP	[email protected]
De Jager	Tiaan	Dean: Facukty of Health Sciences, UP	[email protected]
Erasmus	Barend	Dean: Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, UP	[email protected]
Maharaj	Sunil	Dean: Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & IT, UP	[email protected]
Reddy	Vasu	Dean: Faculty of Humanities, UP	[email protected]
Loots	Elsabé	Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, UP	[email protected]
Naidoo	Vinny	Dean: Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP	[email protected]
Ebersöhn	Liesel	Director: Centre for the Study of Resilience, UP	[email protected]
Mampane	Ruth	HOD: Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]
Theron	Linda	CSR Executice Committee member, Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]
Gogolin	Ingrid	International member: University of Hamburg, Germany	[email protected]
Lunardi	Geovana	International member: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil	[email protected]
Mansfield	Caroline	International member: Dean for School of Education, Notre Dame University, Aus	[email protected]
Murphy	Karen	International member: Penn State University, US	[email protected]
Langa	Phumzile	Director for Rural Education, National Department of Basic Education (DBE)	[email protected]
Ogawa	Marlene	Program Manager, Synergos Institute	[email protected]
Van Breda	Adrian	Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg (UJ)	[email protected]
Viviers	André	Senior Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF	[email protected]

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News on the Advisory Board Meeting: 12 February 2018
News on the Advisory Board Meeting: 25 February 2019
News on the Advisory Board Meeting: 02 March 2020 (coming soon)

CSR Executive Committee

Current CSR Executive Committee Members include:

Surname	Name	Designation	Email
Ebersöhn	Liesel	Director: Centre for the Study of Resilience, UP	l[email protected]
Caltiz	Talita	Lecturer: Department of Education Management and Policy Studies, UP	[email protected]
Chirwa	Paxie	Director: Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, UP	[email protected]
De Beer	Stephan	Director: Centre for Contextual Ministry	[email protected]
Du Plessis	Chrisna	HOD: Department of Architecture, UP	[email protected]
Du Toit	Peet	Group Head: Exercise- and Neuro Science, UP	[email protected]
Ferreira	Ronel	Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]
Jordaan	Danie	Lecturer: Agricultural Economics, UP	[email protected]
Lombard	Antoinette	HOD: Department of Social Work & Criminology, UP	[email protected]
Machethe	Charles	Director: Postgraduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development, UP	[email protected]
Machimana	Eugene	Lecturer: Department of Education, UP	[email protected]
Mohamed	Safia	Lecturer: Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]
Meyer	Arno	Lecturer: Department of Business Management	[email protected]
Niemann	Wesley	Senior Lecturer: Department of Business Management	[email protected]
Omidire	Funke	Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]
Sonntag	Quixie	Lecturer: Ethology, Welfare, Nutrition, Behavioural Medicine, UP	[email protected]
Theron	Linda	Department of Educational Psychology, UP	[email protected]

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