2019 Inaugural Lectures

Prof Gert van Zyl
21 May 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Medical Virology
Along a meandering road: Highlights and lessons in medical virology

Prof Lou-Marie Kruger
23 May 2019
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Love in a time of violence: of caring and of shame

Prof Coenie Koegelenberg
3 June 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Pulmonology
The significance of sound: Learning through listening

Prof Christo Thesnaar
12 June 2019
Faculty of Theology
Department of Pastoral Care
Divine discomfort: A relational encounter with multi-generational and multi-layered trauma

Prof Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs
5 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Resilience: An approach to navigating towards more just and sustainable futures in the Anthropocene

Prof Ingrid Woolard
7 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Mind the gap: Income inequality in post-apartheid South Africa

Prof Guangling Liu
13 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Macro-prudential policy and financial stability: Generic versus sector-specific rules

Prof Deon de Bruin
19 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Measurement in Industrial Psychology: Advances in theory and practice

Prof Ronelle Burger
20 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Amplifying the voices of our communities

Prof Zurab Janelidze
3 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Mathematics
Formulas and forms in categorical algebra

Prof Catharine Esterhuysen
12 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
Intermolecular interactions: Insight into chemical properties

Prof André De Villiers
12 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
New dimensions in chromatographic separations

Prof Jonathan Jansen
16 September 2019
Faculty of Education
Department of Education
From ‘die sedelike toestand van die kleurling’ to ‘the cognitive functioning of coloured women’: A century of research on coloured people at Stellenbosch University

Prof Guven Akdogan
18 September 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Process Engineering
Matte to metal: Understanding the intricacies of PGM processing

Prof Cara Schwarz
18 September 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Process Engineering
Phase equilibria of fluid phase systems

Prof Razeen Davids
30 September 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Division of Nephrology
Physiology, epidemiology and e-learning – the adventures of a nephrologist

Prof Taryn Young
10 October 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Influencing the evidence ecosystem – a reflection

Prof Dirk de Villiers
28 October 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Surrogate-based optimisation of microwave devices

Prof Matthys Botha
28 October 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computational electromagnetics for high-frequency engineering

Prof Alex Valentine
7 November 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Botany and Zoology
Phosphate deficiency in legume nodules

Prof Thuli Madonsela
11 November 2019
Faculty of Law
Chair in Social Justice
Judicial review through a social justice lens