Leonie Vorster is a Research Psychologist, dedicated to ensuring the effective and just use of information for decisive, positive impact. She is passionate about delivering ethically sourced, accessible, and actionable information that is personally, socially, and commercially valuable.
Pakeezah Rajab is a HPCSA-registered Research Psychologist and Psychometrist, employed as the Senior Researcher at JVR Psychometrics. Her PhD topic (University of Pretoria) was non-intellectual factors that influence mathematics performance in South Africa. She has experience applying psychometric results to a variety of contexts, including schools, private practice, higher education, and corporate environments. Pakeezah has worked on numerous projects that developed, validated and/or standardised assessments for use by the South African population – including aptitude, personality, values, career guidance and emotional intelligence. Her research interests include cognitive functioning, student performance and assessment development.
Fatima Peters is a lecturer at the University of Venda. She has worked in higher education for over 12 years and is a Registered counsellor belonging to HPCSA. The first scholarship that she was awarded was NSFAS (B Psych), followed by DBBS/VLIR ( MA Psych), SATN/THENSA (PhD candidate at UJ). She teaches Research Methodology, Community Psychology and Ethics. Her research interests are research, human rights, sexuality and gender, higher education, decolonisation and climate and environmental psychology. She has been part of the DRM executive of PsySSA since 2019 and CEPD since 2022.
Dr. Kyle John Bester is a registered Research Psychologist and cybersecurity awareness specialist. He obtained a M.A Psychology (Masters in Research Psychology) degree from the University of the Western Cape in 2017. He functions as a psychology lecturer at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and specialises in cybersecurity awareness in the SA armed forces context. He completed his PhD in Military Science at Stellenbosch University in 2023. His research interests include military science; data-colonialism; cybersecurity awareness; securitisation of cyberspace and cyber-psychology. He has published and presented papers both locally and internationally.
Dr. Bronwynè Coetzee is a senior lecturer and a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y1-rated researcher in Psychology at Stellenbosch University (SU). She is also a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). In terms of research, Dr Coetzee’s research is broadly located within the fields of health psychology (with a focus on psychosocial factors that impact on caregivers and children living with chronic illness, including HIV) and mental health (with a focus on early interventions to support psychological wellbeing among children and young people).