The main role of the EC is to bring together an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Pretoria working in the field of resilience in various domains. The EC will: share and note studies (in planned, in progress, and published findings) on resilience research being done at UP; be able to deliberate/integrate resilience trends visible in different disciplines; be in a position to target funded research which draw on this shared research in resilience capacity.

The EC consists of the following members: Prof Charles Machete (Director: Postgraduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development), Prof Ronél Ferreira (Department of Educational Psychology) Dr Funke Omidire (Department of Educational Psychology), Prof Peet du Toit (Group Head: Exercise- and Neuro Science), Prof Liesel Ebersöhn (Director: Centre for the Study of Resilience), Prof Antoinette Lombard (HOD: Department of Social Work and Criminology), Prof Deon Meiring (Programme Manager: Internship, Department of Human Resource Management), Prof Linda Theron (Department of Educational Psychology), Prof Paxie Chirwa (Director: Forest Science Postgraduate Programme), Prof Chrisna du Plessis (HOD: Department of Architecture), and Dr Stephan de Beer (Director: Centre for Contextual Ministry).