Prof Campbell is internationally recognised as a leading researcher and her work bridges the disciplines of psychology, sociology, development studies, social policy and gender studies. She is Head of the Department of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics (UK), and Director of the Health, Community and Development Group. Her research has focused on public health and social development programmes and policies, HIV/AIDS and mental health in a variety of settings in sub-Saharan Africa. Her work has covered social change in the 21st century and its implications for community activists; understanding gender, power and social change; human rights as a tool for community mobilisation in marginalised settings; and community mobilisation to address the health impacts of complex social problems. She has co-authored over 180 academic publications. Her book, Letting them die: why HIV prevention programmes fail, was described by the New England Journal of Medicine, as ‘a remarkable book … trenchant, troubling, meticulously reasoned and compellingly written …’ Prof Campbell has been the recipient of both the British Psychological Society award for Distinguished Career Contribution to Social Psychology for her work on health inequalities, and the American Sociologists AIDS Network Career Contribution award for her contribution to understanding the social dynamics of HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Date: Thursday 17 March 2016

Time: 17:30

Venue: SRC Chambers, UP Conference Centre, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria

GPS co-ordinates: S25° 45’ 21” E28° 13’ 51”

Dress: Business wear

RSVP: [email protected] by 11 March 2016