Research Chairs at the University of Johannesburg
Source: https://www.uj.ac.za/research-at-uj/uj-research-and-innovation-ideation-chairs/
UJ Research and Innovation / Ideation Chairs
UJ Research and Innovation / Ideation Chairs
The University of Johannesburg hosts SARChI Chairs spread across all its Faculties.
In addition, the University hosts Research and Innovation/Ideation Chairs which include UNESCO Chairs, SETA Chairs and a NEDBANK Chair.
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Art, Design and Architecture (FADA)\ Business and Economics (CBE)
Education (FE)\ Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE)
Health Sciences (FHS)\ Humanities (FH)
Intelligent Systems (IIS)\ Johannesburg Business School (JBS)
More about Research Chairs
SARChI Chairs
The SARChI Chairs initiative was established in 2006 by the then Department of Science and Technology (now Department of Science and Innovation) under the custodianship of the National Research Foundation (NRF).
The programme was “designed to attract and retain excellence in research and innovation at South African public universities…”, and have a strong focus on the production of “high quality postgraduate students and research and innovation outputs”.
This initiative targets researchers with an established track record and regarded as experts in their respective fields. Since the launch of the initiative, the NRF has awarded more than 200 SARChI Chairs located at the majority of South Africa’s public universities.
UNESCO Chairs
Launched in 1992, the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, which involves over 850 institutions in 117 countries, promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work.
The programme supports the establishment of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in key priority areas related to UNESCO’s fields of competence – i.e. in education, the natural and social sciences, culture and communication.
More about UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs
SETA Chairs
In South Africa, the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are entities of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). The SETAs establish Research Chairs in various industries for rigorous and systematic inquiry and analysis, including the reporting, sharing, publishing and disseminating of research.
Research may be empirical or theoretical, quantitative or qualitative, applied or basic. It may involve the critique of policy; analyses of regularly compiled datasets; explanations of trends; observations; case studies; research investigations; or meta-reviews etc.
Rigorous evaluation studies of educational and training programmes or interventions, including cost-benefit analyses and impact studies, fall under the research umbrella, as do high level analyses of statistics. Research includes: Evaluations; Sector Skills Plans (SSPs); Tracer studies; Research carried out by Research Chairs and Research Partners; Statistical analysis and User satisfaction surveys.
Annual reports; Training reports; Research carried out by interns, Doctoral (PhD) and Master’s Students are excluded.
More about Post-School Education and Training (PSET) that is currently taking place or planned to be undertaken in the 2021/22 – 2023/24 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period by the DHET.
College of Business and Economics (CBE)
DHET/DSI/NRF Chair in Entrepreneurship Education
Prof. Cecile Nieuwenhuizen
Department of Business Management\ Email: cecilen@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
DSI/ NRF/ Newton Fund Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development
Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Department of Economics and Econometrics\ Email: erikakm@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Industrial Development
Prof. Fiona Tregenna
Department of Economics and Econometrics\ Email: ftregenna@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) Research Chair
Prof. Noleen Pisa
Department of Transport & Supply Chain Management\ Email: noleenp@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&R SETA) Research Chair
Dr. Simona Pillay
Department of Marketing Management\ Email: semonap@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA)
SARChI Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture
Prof. Brenda Schmahmann
Department of Visual Art\ Email: brendas@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Education (FE)
DHET /DSI/ NRF Chair in Community and Worker Education
Prof. Salim Vally
Centre for Education Rights and Transformation\ Email: svally@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
UNESCO Chair on Mental Health and Psychological Support for Teachers and Learners; and
SARChI Chair in Education and Care in Childhood
Prof. Jace Pillay
Department of Educational Psychology\ Email: jacep@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Integrated Studies of Learning Language, Mathematics and Science in the Primary School
Prof. Elizabeth (Elbie) Henning
Department of Childhood Education\ Email: ehenning@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Teaching and Learning in PSET
Prof. Shireen Motala
Department of Childhood Education\ Email: smotala@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair in Values Education – Learning to Live together
Dr. Nazreen Dasoo
Department of Education and Curriculum Studies\ Email: ndasoo@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE)
South Africa-Switzerland Bilateral Research Chair in Blockchain Technology (SARChI Chair)
Prof. Nnamdi Nwulu
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science\ Email: nnwulu@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Green Hydrogen
Prof. Tien-Chien Jen
Department of Mechanical Engineering Science\ Email: tjen@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Sustainable Construction Management and Leadership in the Built Environment
Prof. Clinton Aigbavboa – Interim Chair
Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying\ Email: caigbavboa@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS)
SARChI Chair in Laser Applications in Health
Prof. Heidi Abrahamse
Department of Biomedical Technology\ Email: habrahamse@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Humanities (FH)
SARChI Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Prof. Chris Landsberg
Department of Politics and International Relations\ Email: clandsberg@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Welfare and Social Development
Prof. Lauren Graham – Interim Chair
Centre for Social Development in Africa\ Email: lgraham@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Law (FL)
SARChI Chair in International Law
Prof. Hennie Strydom
Department of Public Law\ Email: hstrydom@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Faculty of Science (FS)
SARChI Chair in Indigenous Plant Use
Prof. Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology\ Email: bevanwyk@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Nanotechnology for Water
Prof. Philiswa Nomngongo
Department of Chemical Sciences\ Email: pnnomngongo@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
SARChI Chair in Sustainable Preservation and Agroprocessing Research on Horticultural, Indigenous and Medicinal Food Crops
Prof. Olaniyi Fawole
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology\ Email: olaniyif@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
UNESCO Chair on Medical Geology
Prof. Hassina Mouri
Department of Geology\ Email: hmouri@uj.ac.za\ Learn More
Institute of Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Nedbank Research and Innovation Chair
Prof. Terence van Zyl
Email: tvanzyl@uj.ac.za\ Learn More