| Expert | Research Project |
|---|---|
| Ruth Mampane | The determinants of family resilience |
| Liesel Ebersöhn | Terre Des Homes, Gqeberha (2021-2023) UKRI-ESRC, Northwest Province (2020-2023) UNICEF (2020–2022) |
| Irma Eloff | Tech4Reach (2021-2023) Student Wellbeing@UP (2018-longitudinal) |
| Ronél Ferreira | Support to visually impaired learners Schools/community-based interventions in support of coping |
| Kobus Maree | JuniorTukkie Project Good Work Foundation Project SA Career Development Association Project UNESCO/ UNITWIN Project: Facilitating access to sustainable decent work for all people that are able and willing to work. |
| Funke Omidire | Primary learners’ multilingual intervention Inkhulumo: students' high-level comprehension of texts Strategies supporting learning for culturally and linguistically diverse students |
| Linda Theron | Patterns of resilience among youth in contexts of petrochemical production and consumption in the Global North and Global South [Short title: RYSE; CIHR-funded; 2016-2024]. The multisystemic sources of human resilience to COVID-19-related stress: Learning from emerging adults in India and South Africa. [Short title: RYSE-InSA; NIHSS funded; 2021—2022]. Positive adaptation to compound risk: Learning about mental health resilience from African emerging adults. [Short title: RYSE-D.I.; BA-funded; 2021—2022] Adolescent resilience to environmental and socioeconomic challenges: A study of multiple systems. [Short title: RYSE-RuSA; NRF& RFBR-funded; 2019-2021]. Reducing risk and promoting health among vulnerable teens and their families in the context of COVID-19: A multisite national and international implementation and evaluation stud [CIHR-funded; 2020-2021] |
| Suzanne Bester | Dynamic assessment Response to intervention Assessment of neurodevelopment |
| Charity Somo | Masidlale: Play-based interventions to support positive wellbeing outcomes for children and young people in residential care (oosterland child and youth care centre, Port Elizabeth) UNICEF-GENERATION UNITED: Online research capacity development: intervention Research Initiative Intergenerational trauma as lens for social change international case studies and landscape scan: The Being and Transforming Think Tank’s work on intergenerational (George Town University) |
| Angelina Wilson-Fadiji | Psychosocial pathways to educational success: A qualitative exploration of relational adjustment and meaning making of African international students in a South African university Exploring meaning making and relational adjustment among university students in the wake of COVID 19 |
Previous projects
- Shongolollo Expressive Sandwork Project
- Exploring a monitoring and feedback system for the Foundation Phase: Innovations and developments to track learner performance
- Building resilience in families: The role of care workers in mitigating family risk factors AND determinants of family resilience
- ERA Unit Projects