Previous Awards

Master’s degrees (Continuing students from 2020)

• Elizabeth Masiakwala (Wits) | The effect of early childhood growth trajectories on nutritional status and body composition at 2 years of age
• Irene Masuluke (Wits) | Factors influencing attrition from a one-year postpartum lifestyle intervention for women experiencing diabetes in pregnancy
• Gontse Molelekeng-Adeniran (UJ) | Tripartite relations in the age of 4IR: innovation or stagnation in responding to the wave of opportunity
• Nthabiseng Fortunate Rakgotho (TUT) | The relationship between innovation and economic development in South Africa
• Tayla Cleo Rosslee (Wits) | The Relationship between Adolescents' Knowledge of Climate Change, Perceived Risk and Psychosocial Wellbeing
• Lebohang Zinhle Thokwane (Wits) | Rural- rural migration and health outcomes of the elderly (65+) in South Africa
• Tanganedzani Tshitavhe (UV) | Effects of Climate Variability on Citrus Production and Rural Livelihoods in Mopani District Municipality, South Africa
• Lutricia Moagi (Wits) | Barriers, facilitators, and knowledge around exclusive breastfeeding amongst Soweto women of different socio-economic status and nutritional status of their infants at 6 months

PhD degrees (Continuing students from 2020)

• Zizo Jobela (UJ) | Perspectives on the factors contributing to the high rate of gender-based violence in chris hani district municipality: towards a multiple-stakeholder framework
• Matamela Makongoza (Wits) | Young women’s accounts of intimate partner violence in cohabiting relationships in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
• Lesego Linda Plank (UJ) | An auto-ethnographic Study of a Black African Family from Soweto
• Gudani Mukoma (Wits) | From the onset: Nutrition and Lifestyle during the Preconception Period and Impact on Future Health
• Sinakekelwe Khumalo (HSRC) | Exploring how cultural norms associated with sexuality and masculinity influence sexual behaviour among Black South African male students at University
• Leballo Stephen Tjemolane (UWC) | Embracing and resisting ‘democratic’ masculinity/ies in post-apartheid South Africa within the context of religion
• Daniel Radebe (UNISA) | Negotiating masculinity and rape victimization: Exploring Male Rape Victims’ Experiences with Psychosocial Support, Criminal Justice System, Masculinity and Performances of Gender and Sexual Identity Pre/Post-Sexual Violence
• Bridgett  Lekota (UL) | Exploring reading comprehension abilities of South African first entering students in higher education
• Takana Mary Monyana (NWU) | Assessment and optimization of the micronutrient and anaemia status among women of reproductive age in Soweto, South Africa
• Ranganai Chidembo (UV) | Sustainable Rural Energy Access in Vhembe District, South Africa
• Sandile Mtethwa (UKZN) | Security in South Africa: The Role of Social Grants and Youth Entrepreneurship
• Esmerelda Vilanculos (Wits) | Healing in father-son relationships: Forgiveness and reconciliation
• Joseph Toutou Muka Mundadi (UV) | Food waste reduction strategies for sustainable food security in South Africa: A robust engagement with religious leaders
• Jill Chidisha Samukimba (UCT) | Exploring the influence of the customary practice of intlawulo or ‘paying damages’ on father involvement in child care among Xhosa speaking Black South African fathers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
• Enoch Sithole (Wits) | Climate Change Communication

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Rachana Desai (Wits) | Cyberbullying among South African adolescents in Soweto
• Roisin Drysdale (Wits) | From the early years to life success: The interplay of healthy growth, intellectual capacity and tenacity
• Feziwe Mpondo (Wits) | The relationship between parent and adolescent mental health disorders
• Norman Chivasa (DUT) | Action research as a strategy to address social fabric crime to improve the socio-economic conditions of informal settlements dwellers in Reservoir hills, Durban
• Asanda Mtintsilana (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
• Siphiwe Ndumiso Dlamini (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
• Ashleigh Craig (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
• Witness Mapanga (Wits) | CoE- HUMAN Postdoc program
• Larske Marit Soepnel (Wits) | HeLTI project
• Khuthala Mabetha (Wits) | HeLTI project

Master’s degrees

• Elizabeth Masiakwala (Wits) | The effect of early childhood growth trajectories on nutritional status and body composition at 2 years of age
• Irene Masuluke (Wits) | Factors influencing attrition from a one-year postpartum lifestyle intervention for women experiencing diabetes in pregnancy
• Gontse Molelekeng-Adeniran (UJ) | Tripartite relations in the age of 4IR: innovation or stagnation in responding to the wave of opportunity
• Nthabiseng Fortunate Rakgotho (TUT) | The relationship between innovation and economic development in South Africa
• Tayla Cleo Rosslee (Wits) | The Relationship between Adolescents' Knowledge of Climate Change, Perceived Risk and Psychosocial Wellbeing
• Lebohang Zinhle Thokwane (Wits) | Rural- rural migration and health outcomes of the elderly (65+) in South Africa
• Tanganedzani Tshitavhe (UV) | Effects of Climate Variability on Citrus Production and Rural Livelihoods in Mopani District Municipality, South Africa
• Lutricia Moagi (Wits) | Barriers, facilitators, and knowledge around exclusive breastfeeding amongst Soweto women of different socio-economic status and nutritional status of their infants at 6 months
• Thuto Christine Bodibe (SMU) | A growing health concern: Non - Communicable Diseases: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the prevention of cervical cancer in women living in Soweto
• Emmanuel Maemu (UV) | The role of community participation in the delivery of basic services
• Thivhonali Hilton Shibambu (UV) | Assessment of the spatio-temporal impacts of land use activities on water quality of the Luvuvhu river catchment, Limpopo river basin, South Africa
• Tshedza Sikhwari (UV) | An investigation of bilateral relations between South Africa and China: Trade and Industry agreement

PhD degrees

• Zizo Jobela (UJ) | Perspectives on the factors contributing to the high rate of gender-based violence in chris hani district municipality: towards a multiple-stakeholder framework
• Matamela Makongoza (Wits) | Young women’s accounts of intimate partner violence in cohabiting relationships in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
• Lesego Linda  Plank (UJ) | An auto-ethnographic Study of a Black African Family from Soweto
• Gudani Mukoma (Wits) | From the onset: Nutrition and Lifestyle during the Preconception Period and Impact on Future Health
• Sinakelewe Khumalo (HSRC) | Exploring how cultural norms associated with sexuality and masculinity influence sexual behaviour among Black South African male students at University
• Leballo Stephen Tjemalane (UWC) | Embracing and resisting ‘democratic’ masculinity/ies in post-apartheid South Africa within the context of religion. 
• Daniel Radebe (UNISA) | Negotiating masculinity and rape victimization: Exploring Male Rape Victims’ Experiences with Psychosocial Support, Criminal Justice System, Masculinity and Performances of Gender and Sexual Identity Pre/Post-Sexual Violence
• Bridgett  Lekota (UL) | Exploring reading comprehension abilities of South African first entering students in higher education
• Takana Mary Monyana (NWU) | Assessment and optimization of the micronutrient and anaemia status among women of reproductive age in Soweto, South Africa
• Marifa Muchemwa (Wits) | Social Protection Policies and Demographic Outcomes in South Africa
• Ranganai Chidembo (UV) | Sustainable Rural Energy Access in Vhembe District, South Africa
• Sandile Mtethwa (UKZN) | Security in South Africa: The Role of Social
• Esmerelda Vilanculos (Wits) | Healing in father-son relationships: Forgiveness and reconciliation.
• Joseph Toutou Muka Mundadi (UV) | Food waste reduction strategies for sustainable food security in South Africa: A robust engagement with religious leaders
• Jill Chidisha Samukimba (UCT) | Exploring the influence of the customary practice of intlawulo or ‘paying damages’ on father involvement in child care among Xhosa speaking Black South African fathers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
• Enoch Sithole (Wits) | Climate Change Communication

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Rachana Desai (Wits) | Cyberbullying among South African adolescents in Soweto
• Roisin Drysdale (Wits) | From the early years to life success: The interplay of healthy growth, intellectual capacity and tenacity
• Feziwe Mpondo (Wits) | The relationship between parent and adolescent mental health disorders
• Norman Chivasa (DUT) | Action research as a strategy to address social fabric crime to improve the socio-economic conditions of informal settlements dwellers in Reservoir hills, Durban
• Stephanie Wrotessley (Wits) | The importance of nutrition and responsive parenting in nurturing care environments, and associations with early childhood growth and development

Master’s degrees

• Azola Mmangaliso (UFH) | Psychosocial experiences of caregivers of mentally challenged children in the rural town of Alice, Eastern Cape
• Agrinette Nontozamo Tsetse (Wits) | Using narrative research to address lack of psychosocial support and counselling services for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with HIV from disadvantage communities
• Ingrid Puseletso Mokhitlinyane (Wits) | Parental Influences on Moral Development and Identity Formation of Adolescents, How to Curb Violence in Schools
• Portia ManqeboTsotetsi (UJ) | Experiences and Coping Strategies of Black Single Fathers in Orange Farm, Gauteng
• Paballo Mataboge (Wits) | Assessing the levels and factors associated with family formation among HIV positive youth in South Africa
• Mariska Barnard (NMU) | Investigating reasons for difficulty in adhering to behaviour modifications and how to effectively change perspective about dietary intake in the Karoo Angels community
• Bongiwe Angel Khoza (TUT) | The role of innovation on small, medium and micro enterprises in south Africa
• Mweji Marleine Gikuni (TUT) | Entrepreneurial Immigrant trading in South African development
• Pfarelo Brandy Matsila (UP) | Intergenerational constructions of Black feminine identity: Mother-daughter narratives
• Fortunate Lukheleni (Wits) | Process evaluation of the Amagugu Intervention
• Salmon Likoko (Wits) | Health outcomes of orphan children in grandfamilies: An analysis of the prevalence and determinants of disease in South Africa, 2016
• Thuto Christine Bodibe (SMU) | A growing health concern: Non - Communicable Diseases: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the prevention of cervical cancer in women living in Soweto
• Monica Muti (Wits) | The association of chronic physiological stress, childhood growth and development, and adult cardiovascular risk:  A Transgenerational analysis of the Birth To Twenty Plus Cohort (Bt20+)
• Lutricia Moagi (Wits) | Barriers, facilitators, and knowledge around exclusive breastfeeding amongst Soweto women of different socio-economic status and nutritional status of their infants at 6 months
• Matsepho Puleng Faith Molotsi (TUT) | How the traditional and historical architecture way of building public schools affects and impacts the development and upbringing of the black girl child
• Emmanuel Maemu (UV) | The role of community participation in the delivery of basic services
• Tshedza Sikhwari (UV) | An investigation of bilateral relations between South Africa and China: Trade and Industry agreement
• Khutso Maela (UV) | Public participation as a strategy to promote good governance in local government: the case of blouberg local municipality
• Thivhonali Hilton Shibambu (UV) | Assessment of the spatio-temporal impacts of land use activities on water quality of the Luvuvhu river catchment, Limpopo river basin, South Africa
• Ntombikayise Nontokozo Mkhonto (UV) | An exploration on the expression of women's emotions through emaswati songs
• Reginald Kanyane(Wits) | “I got dumped”: Young men’s personal accounts of experiencing and dealing with the loss of a romantic relationship
• Sakhumzi Nkululeko Mbilini (US) | An analysis of the relationship between smart technology and the labour market in South Africa
• Kelebogile Mojanaga (Wits) | “The Good Enough Mother”: Winnicott to Neuroscience to Johannesburg Inner City Mothers
• Pandelani Muthuphei (Wits) | Exploring socio-cultural influences on Black women’s perceptions, emotions and attitudes towards their appearance and sense of self.

PhD degrees

• Zizo Jobela (UJ) | Perspectives on the factors contributing to the high rate of gender-based violence in chris hani district municipality: towards a multiple-stakeholder framework
• Matamela Makongoza(Wits) | Young women’s accounts of intimate partner violence in cohabiting relationships in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
• Lesego Linda  Plank (UJ) | An auto-ethnographic Study of a Black African Family from Soweto
• Stephanie Redinger (Wits) | Antenatal depression and anxiety and their association with birth and child outcomes in urban black South Africans
• Sinakelewe Khumalo (HSRC) | Exploring how cultural norms associated with sexuality and masculinity influence sexual behaviour among Black South African male students at University
• Leballo Stephen Tjemalane (UWC) | Embracing and resisting ‘democratic’ masculinity/ies in post-apartheid South Africa within the context of religion
• Daniel Radebe (UNISA) | Negotiating masculinity and rape victimization: Exploring Male Rape Victims’ Experiences with Psychosocial Support, Criminal Justice System, Masculinity and Performances of Gender and Sexual Identity Pre/Post-Sexual Violence
• Bridgett  Lekota (UL) | Exploring reading comprehension abilities of South African first entering students in higher education
• Gudani Mukoma (Wits) | From the onset: Nutrition and Lifestyle during the Preconception Period and Impact on Future Health
• Takana Mary Monyana (NMU) | Assessment and optimization of the micronutrient and anaemia status among women of reproductive age in Soweto, South Africa
• Umme Jasmine (Wits) | Intergenerational transmission of parenting practices across two generations bangladeshi mothers
• Godfred Anakapo (Wits) | “Family Structure, Teen motherhood, Child Welfare and Poverty. Evidence from South Africa”
• Natasha Hendricks (UCT) | The intergenerational impact of child sexual abuse among mothers in South Africa
• Sinethemba Makanya (Wits) Ukugula Kwabantu: The construction of mental health by traditional healers in a peri-urban setting
• Mercy Manyema (Wits) | The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well-being in young adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of data from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohort
• Marifa Muchemwa (Wits) | Social Protection Policies and Demographic Outcomes in South Africa
• Blossom Piliso (UKZN) | The dynamics of cyberbullying in girls’ and boys’ schools: Multiple case studies of secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Stephanie Wrotessley(Wits) | The importance of nutrition and responsive parenting in nurturing care environments, and associations with early childhood growth and development
• Feziwe Mpondo (Wits) | The relationship between parent and adolescent mental health disorders
• Norman Chivasa (DUT) | Action research as a strategy to address social fabric crime to improve the socio-economic conditions of informal settlements dwellers in Reservoir hills, Durban
• Candice Groenewald (HSRC) | Coping support for parents affected by adolescent substance abuse: Assessing the applicability of the 5-step method
• Gamuchirai Chakona (Rhodes) | Women food insecurity and child nutritional status as problems to human development in South Africa
• Priya Buldeo (HSRC) | An intergenerational approach to chronic disease outcomes: The case of grandparents, parents and children in Cape Town, South Africa
• Ntombizodumo Mkhwanazi (Wits) | Children’s experience of participation in the Amagugu parental disclosure intervention
• Emmanuel Cohen (Wits) | Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight, height and diet in the context of nutrition transition in South Africa
• Steven Gordon (HSRC) | Public participation in, and attitudes towards, xenophobic behaviour in South Africa

In January 2018 we awarded 10 new bursaries to the following students and postdoctoral fellows:

Master’s degrees

• Reginald Kanyane (Wits) | Young men’s personal accounts of experiencing and dealing with the loss of a romantic relationship
  Sakhumzi Mbilini (Stellenbosch) | An analysis of the relationship between smart technology and the labour market in South Africa
  Kelebogile Mojanaga (Wits) | “The Good Enough Mother”: Winnicott to neuroscience to Johannesburg inner city mothers
  Pandelani Muthuphei (Wits) | Exploring socio-cultural influences on Black women’s perceptions, emotions and attitudes towards their appearance and sense of self

PhD degrees

• Godfred Anokopo (Wits) | Family structure, teen motherhood, child welfare and poverty: Evidence from South Africa
  Natasha Hendricks (UCT) | The intergenerational impact of child sexual abuse among mothers in South Africa
  Marifa Muchemwa (Wits) | Social protection policies and demographic outcomes in South Africa

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Priya Buldeo (HSRC) | An intergenerational approach to chronic disease outcomes
• Steven Gordon (HSRC) | Public participation in, and attitudes towards, xenophobic behaviour in South Africa
• Dumo Mkwanazi (Wits) | Children’s experience of participation in the Amagugu parental disclosure
  intervention

The following people were awarded continuing bursaries in 2018:

Master’s degrees

• Happiness Gadisi (UNISA) | Various barriers to disclosure for women who have experienced rape
• Carlista Mosenene (Rhodes) | Occupational stress among social workers in a selected non-governmental organization in South Africa

PhD degrees

• Ragi Bashonga (HSRC) | Amakwerekwere? The identity construction and integration of second-generation African immigrants in South Africa
• Cara Browde (Wits) | Mind on my Money, Money on my Mind: The relationship between social and psychic constructions of economic identity in South Africa
• Caylee Cook (UCT) | Executive function in South African preschool children from low-income setting
• Hayley Daries (UCT) | Intervening in the preschool years to promote physical and cognitive health
• Sarah Delius (Wits) | History repeats? Forced marriage in Sierra Leone 1880-2002
• Gaironeesa Hendricks (UCT) | A longitudinal account of the psychosocial outcomes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in preschool children in the Western Cape province of South Africa
• Soraya Lester (UCT) | Behind the scenes: Taking the National School Safety Framework to scale
• Sinethemba Makanya (Wits) | Ukugula Kwabantu: The construction of mental health by traditional healers in a peri-urban setting
• Mercy Manyema (Wits) | The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well-being in young adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of data from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohort
• Elvis Munatswa (Wits) | Investigating the health outcomes for reproductive health-related cancer among black men in Gauteng
• Bulewa Ntunzi (Fort Hare) | Assessing schools’ readiness to accommodate children with disabilities in mainstream education in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape province
• Blossom Piliso (UKZN) | The dynamics of cyberbullying in girls’ and boys’ schools: Multiple case studies of secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal
• Megan Scott (Wits) | Exploring how risk is conveyed within South African intercultural genetic counselling interactions
• Caroline Thomson (Rhodes) | A boundary object for bridging the divide between designers of technology-based health behaviour change interventions
• Mzingaye Xaba (Rhodes) | Understanding the post-settlement experiences of land restitution beneficiaries in South Africa: The case of Macleantown restitution project in the Eastern Cape

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Sahba Besharati (Wits) | The social-cognitive and neuroanatomical basis of self-awareness in infancy and childhood
• Gamuchirai Chakona (Rhodes) | Women food insecurity and child nutritional status as problems to human development in South Africa
• Emmanuel Cohen (Wits) | Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight, height and diet in the context of nutrition transition in South Africa
• Adam Cooper (HSRC) | Approaches to youth studies globally and theoretical developments
• Candice Groenewald (HSRC) | Coping support for parents affected by adolescent substance abuse: Assessing the applicability of the 5-step method
• Alude Mahali (HSRC) | Youth, girlhood and rites of passage
• Amy Jo Murray (UKZN) | Post-apartheid domestic labour relationships: Inequality maintained through silences

Master’s degrees

• Happiness Gadisi (UNISA) | Various barriers to disclosure for women who have experienced rape
• Carlista Mosenene (Rhodes) | Occupational stress among social workers in a selected non-governmental organization in South Africa
• Zanele Ntloko (UFH) | The impact of domestic violence on the sexual behaviour of adolescent males in Nkokobo Municipality, Eastern Cape
• Craig Robinson (Rhodes) | An emancipatory approach for innovative access to education in farm schools of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Sinazo Onela Williams (Rhodes) | Zulu and/or Xhosa men’s view of depression: A social constructionism study

PhD degrees

• Ragi Bashonga (HSRC) | Amakwerekwere? The identity construction and integration of second-generation African immigrants in South Africa
• Sinethemba Makanya (Wits) | Ukugula Kwabantu: The construction of mental health by traditional healers in a peri-urban setting
• Blossom Piliso (UKZN) | The dynamics of cyberbullying in girls’ and boys’ schools:  Multiple case studies of secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Sahba Besharati (Wits) | The social-cognitive and neuroanatomical basis of self-awareness in infancy and childhood
• Gamuchirai Chakona (Rhodes) | Women food insecurity and child nutritional status as problems for human development in South Africa
• Candice Groenewald (HSRC) | Coping support for parents affected by adolescent substance abuse: Assessing the applicability of the 5-step method
• Liezl Schlebusch (UP) | Family quality of life and human development

Master’s degrees

• Julia Bingham (Stellenbosch) | Experiences of caregivers of children with disabilities in the Western Cape: A priority for human development
• Leletu Busakwe (UWC) |Body and disease: A phenomenological investigation of tuberculosis amongst South African youth
• Kgahliso Dibakoane (Wits) | Cultural perspective of mental retardation in Mpumalanga Province: Bushbuckridge region
• Hlologelo Malatji (Wits) | Exploring the challenges experienced by teenage mothers in accessing high school education in Tembisa High School
• Kwanele Masuku (Wits) | A critical look into the child perpetrators
• Andile Mthombeni (Wits) | Relationship between absent fathers and teenage pregnancy amongst young women
• Ntombizodwa Muso (Wits) | Public commentary on online videos of police brutality: Implications for the psychology of violence
• Lesego Ndlovu (Wits) | What are the perceptions of abortion and other sexual and reproductive health rights that are available for women in the rural areas of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa?
• Motlatso Rampedi (Wits) | The effect of region of residence on fertility in Nigeria
• Stephanie Redinger (Wits) |The association of maternal stress and depression during pregnancy and birth outcomes
• Matshidiso Sello (Wits) |High school completion and changes in youth socioeconomic conditions in South Africa
• Nkatane Tladi (Wits) | The perceptions and experiences of employees on paternity leave amongst working males in Gauteng
• Lindokuhle Mdeyi Ubisi (Wits) | Successful entry, adjustment and further development in the workplace: Growth factors for persons living with impairments
• Elaine van der Westhuizen (NWU) | Advocacy towards responsible evaluation
• Esmeralda Vilanculos (Wits) | Married and single women’s prenatal and childbirth treatment experiences with health care providers in health care institutions in Embalenhle, Secunda, South Africa

PhD degrees

• Zulfah Albertyn (UCT) | The spatial distribution of injury mortality of children in the western geographic service area, City of Cape Town (2011-2015)                                       
• Cara Browde (Wits) | Mind on my money, money on my mind: The relationship between social and psychic constructions of economic identity in South Africa              
• Caylee Cook (UCT) | Executive function in South African preschool children from low-income settings                                      
• Hayley Daries (UCT) | Intervening in the preschool years to promote physical and cognitive health 
• Ntombizonke Gumede (HSRC) | Experiences of women who carry unintended pregnancies (resulting from sexual coercion) to term, within the context of the family and community                                      
• Carmen Harrison (Stellenbosch) | Exploring the impact of coping strategies on the psychological health of South African youth who experience poverty                                     
• Gaironeesa Hendricks (UCT) | A longitudinal account of the psychosocial outcomes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in preschool children in the Western Cape province of South Africa 
• Soraya Lester (UCT) | Behind the scenes: Taking the National School Safety Framework to scale     
• Mercy Manyema (Wits) | The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and well-being in young adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of data from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohort                                        
• Elvis Munatswa (Wits) | Investigating the health outcomes for reproductive health related cancer among black men in Gauteng                
• Bulewa Ntunzi (UFH)  Assessing schools’ readiness to accommodate children with disabilities in mainstream education in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape province                               
• Megan Scott (Wits) | Exploring how risk is conveyed within South African intercultural genetic counselling interactions                          
• Caroline Thomson (Rhodes) | A boundary object for bridging the divide between designers of technology-based health behaviour change interventions
• Mzingaye Xaba (Rhodes) | Understanding the post-settlement experiences of land restitution beneficiaries in South Africa: The case of the Macleantown restitution project in the Eastern Cape

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Emmanuel Cohen (Wits) | Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight, height and diet in the context of nutrition transition in South Africa
• Adenike Idowu (Wits) | Variations in family structure and trends in child health and wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa
• Ingrid Lynch (Wits) | Consolidating evidence and generating scholarly dialogue around queer citizenship and belonging in South Africa
• Amy Jo Murray (UKZN) | Post-apartheid domestic labour relationships: Inequality maintained through silences

Master’s degrees

• Menzi Bengu (UKZN) | Gender and the precariousness of producing and selling indigenous vegetables: A case study of female farmers in Mtubatuba, South Africa
• Welmari Bouwer (Wits) | Adolescent white males’ understanding of fatherhood in the context of growing up without a father
• Khanysile Bujela (Wits) | Black middle class men’s responses and reactions to unplanned pregnancy
• Caylee Cook (UCT) | School readiness and executive function in preschool children: Assessing their feasibility as outcome measures for physical activity and gross motor skill interventions
• Che Noel Kelly (Wits) | Is being a father at a young age a threat or a promise?
• Noluthandi Ketani (UFH) | Financial decision making of fathers with social grants in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape
• Bianca Kruger (Wits) | Teenage pregnancy: The experiences of teenage mothers and their fathers
• Matamela Makongoza (Wits) | Experiential accounts of intimate partner violence (IPV) from young people from Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Tsepho Moloi (UFS) | The social discounting task in economics: A validation for the field and the lab
• Zethembe Mseleleku (UKZN) | Aspirations for higher education: Evidence from youth living in Kenneth Gardens municipal housing estate (Durban)
• Derick Zondi (UKZN) | Stokvels and commercial banks

PhD degrees

• Emma Chikovore (Wits) | Family dynamics and adolescent sexual behaviour in South Africa
• Raymond Chiruka (UFH) | Pubertal growth modelling: The Birth to Twenty cohort
• Sarah Delius (Wits) | Forced marriage of underage girls and young women in southern Africa
• Jane Kelly (UCT) | Narratives of gang joining and desistance amongst former gang members
• Stanley Molefi (UP) | Polyamory as a type of concurrent partnership used to enhance HIV prevention programmes in South Africa: A phenomenological approach
• Nyasha Muntanda (nee Chadoka) (Wits) | Social disorganization theory and patterns of family transition in Southern Africa
• Nkechi Obisie-Nmehielle (Wits) | Social disorganization and youth risky sexual behavior (YRSB) in South Africa
• Kemist Shumba (UKZN) | Medical male circumcision and condoms for HIV prevention among school youths: Marginal voices for a relevant and coherent sexual and reproductive school health policy in Zimbabwe
• Mohammed Vawda (UKZN) | Identifying the relationship between socioeconomic, environmental and occupational factors and non-communicable diseases in South Africa
• Stephanie Wrottesley (Wits) | Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and its association with birth outcomes and neonatal body composition in the context of HIV in urban African South Africans

Post-doctoral fellowships

• Luke Buckland (Wits) | Studying “epistemic cognition” (or “personal epistemology”) - how conceptions of knowledge, justification, understanding, inquiry and expertise impact on learning, deliberation and conceptual change
• Adam Cooper (HSRC) | Approaches to youth studies globally and theoretical developments
• Alude Mahali (HSRC) | Youth, girlhood and rites of passage
• Alessandra Prioreschi (Wits) | Describe and measure children's physical activity under 2 years of age