Research News

  • 'Realism and Psychological Science' by Prof David Maree

    Posted on June 30, 2020

    Prof Maree recently published his new book, 'Realism and Psychological Science', published by #Springer.

  • "Sondesemoer!" by Prof Wilhelm Jordaan

    Posted on June 30, 2020

    Since his retirement, Wilhelm Jordaan has been an extraordinary professor of psychology at the University of Pretoria, and for the past 33 years has been writing a newspaper column in' Beeld', and more recently also in 'Die Burger' and 'Volksblad'. His new book "Sondesemoer!" will be launched on...

  • SA Liquor outlets should want the Springboks to lose. Here's why.

    Posted on October 31, 2019

    Bars and shebeens will sell more booze if the Springboks lose on Saturday than if they win. But just how much people drink is heavily depended on their level of emotional investment in the Rugby World Cup final in Japan.

  • "Someone to Blame: The Ahmed Timol Inquest"

    Posted on November 01, 2018

    Mr Ahmed Mohamed of the Department of Psychology was featured in the documentary film, "Someone To Blame: The Ahmed Timol Inquest", to provide a psychological perspective

  • 46% of Rapes Committed by Intimate Partners

    Posted on August 15, 2018

    Anthony Townsend, interviewed on Afro World View as part of their campaign to create rape awareness

  • Justice is fundamental in dealing with the effects of mass trauma

    Posted on November 09, 2017

    Judge Billy Mothle concluded on 12 October 2017 in the Pretoria High Court that Ahmed Timol—who died after ‘falling’ from the 10th floor of John Vorster Square Police Station—was indeed murdered in 1971 by security branch personnel who first systematically tortured and...

  • New Book Released on Paulo Coelho

    Posted on July 28, 2017

    A Psychobiography from a Positive Psychology Perspective

  • Interdisciplinary near-peer mentoring project 2017

    Posted on July 28, 2017

    The Departments of Psychology and Town & Regional Planning have been collaborating on research projects related to the environment since 2012 and students from the two departments participate in an interdisciplinary near-peer mentoring model during the project.

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