I am a project manager at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) South Africa, where I coordinate online programmes.
I am passionate about learning, teaching, and supervision, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the professional learning of academics. I have been lecturing for over twenty-five years, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and received acknowledgement for my efforts in this regard through the Vice-chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009. And in 2016 I was invited to joined the UJ Academy of Distinguished Teachers. I have successfully supervised numerous Honours research reports, MA dissertations, and PhD theses. My current PhD students are Metoh Azunui, Charity Chisoro, Hazel Zaranyika, and Loselo Segwe.
My research interests are the scholarship of teaching and learning, and supervision, the nature of evidence (for whom and why), science-policy-practice engagements for sustainability, and the political ecology of water and climate. In all these, I am conscious to look at these through a social justice lens. In 2012 I completed my PhD with a Commonwealth Scholarship at the University of London. In my thesis, I looked at bulk water governance in South Africa, and what flows on water reveal about flows of power, and specifically what we can learn from water governance about economic and social transformation in South Africa.
It only takes two words to describe both my personal and professional life so far: water and social justice. Being a Piscean, I just LOOOVE water – in any form, shape, at any time and at any place. Combining this passion with my search for equalities and restless curiosity; these are what make me tick. If you want to know a bit more personal information about myself, see some ‘getting to know me’ info.
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Carina van Rooyen 
December 14, 2020 at 8:33 pm
I wonder if you have a recorded talk for this set of PowerPoint slides I have found.
Also – do you have any other saved talks – From the visuals I see I would like to follow any leads you have for epistemological roots for evidence mapping (and public involvement in research).
Thank you – from a first year PhD student in Exeter uk (http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/esmi/workstreams/evidencesynthesisteam/)
Mary – no yet on twitter – but hope to be in 2021
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August 14, 2021 at 2:25 pm
Apologies for missing your comment Mary. I have no recording of the talk you are interested in. We did a conference presentation in March 2021 at the Evidence and Implementation Summit which hinted at epistemological roots (more on co-production), and which was recorded (though possibly behind a paywall). I’ll see if I can find it. A colleague of mine is writing an article on our policy-relevant evidence mapping – hoping that it will be ready later this year. Best with your PhD! NS: loved your blog posting of last year.
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