2022 Inaugural Lectures
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Prof Bill Tucker
5 May 2022
Faculty of Science
Computer Science
Forward together, sonke siya phambili, saam vorentoe
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Prof MJ (Thinus) Booysen
10 May 2022
Faculty of Engineering
Electrical and Electronical Engineering
Engineering for Africa: Our Internet of Things
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Prof Annie Bekker
12 May 2022
Faculty of Engineering
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
What we can learn from the way a ship shudders on an icy wreck hunt
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Prof Richard Walls
12 May 2022
Faculty of Engineering
Civil Engineering
Fire safety engineering – where physics and disasters meet
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Prof Johan Fourie
17 May 2022
Economic and Management Sciences
Economics
South Africa’s Long Walk to Economic Freedom: A Personal Journey
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Prof Anita Cloete
31 May 2022
Faculty of Theology
Department of Practical Theology and Missiology
Being human in a technology-driven world: Checkmate or opportunity for social responsibility?
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Prof John Akudugu
2 August 2022
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Division of Radiobiology
Radiobiology: Born with X-rays over a century ago, yet virtually unknown
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Prof Corné Coetzee
11 August 2022
Faculty of Engineering
Division of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Modelling of granular materials: Discrete and continuum approaches
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Prof Rong-Wie Wang
11 August 2022
Faculty of Engineering
Division of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electrical machine technology: Innovation and research
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Prof Dion Forster
16 August 2022
Faculty of Theology
Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology
Living more decently in an indecent world? The virtues and vices of a public theologian
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Prof Ben Loos
25 August 2022
Faculty of Science
Department of Physiological Sciences
On the role of autophagy and cell death control in neurodegeneration and gliomas
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Prof Allan Ellis
1 September 2022
Faculty of Science
Department of Botany and Zoologys
Dazzling daisies and forlorn flies: Namaqualand tales of unrequited love
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Prof Lize van Robbroeck
8 September 2022
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
Art and the Legacies of Whiteness at Stellenbosch University’s Visual Arts Department.
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Prof Dana Niehaus
20 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine and Healthy Sciences
Department of Psychiatry
Maternal mental health: 40 weeks and a thousand days
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Prof Willem Boshoff
29 September 2022
Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Not at the races: Competition and competition policy in South Africa
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Prof Anita Bosch
6 October 2022
Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Balancing just outcomes: Viewing work through the lens of women
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Prof Adriaan van Niekerk
25 October 2022
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Centre for Geographical Analysis
Data Science: Opportunity or threat?
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Prof Mark Smith
1 November
Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
The Times They Are A-Changin’
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Prof Robert Lamberts
8 November 2022
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine
Finding the right balance in high-performance cycling