Academic and research staff

Nelius Boshoff

Prof. Nelius Boshoff is an Associate Professor at CREST. He is an NRF-rated researcher with interests in studies of research uptake and impact, research collaboration, and bibliometric analysis with a focus on research in Africa.

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Nico Cloete

Prof. Nico Cloete specialises in the area of higher education studies. He is the former director of the Centre for Higher Education Trust (CHET) and coordinator of the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). He is also a guest professor at the University of Oslo.

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Sarah Goodier

Sarah Goodier, an M&E Researcher at CREST, contributes to the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP), advising on M&E plans, training, and quality assurance for collaborative projects. With an MPhil in Programme Evaluation and an MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology, she has authored peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter on evaluating socially responsible graduates through a global citizenship program.

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Heide Hackmann

Dr. Heide Hackmann joined the University of Stellenbosch on 1 July 2024, as a Chair in Science Futures within the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology. She holds an MPhil in Contemporary Social Theory from the University of Cambridge in the UK and a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

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Marina Joubert

Prof. Marina Joubert is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in public engagement with science at CREST. Her research interests focus on the public engagement behaviour of research-active scientists, as well as current trends in science communication ecosystems.

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Johann Mouton

Prof. Johann Mouton is the director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Scientometrics and STI Policy and Professor in the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST). His research interests are the sociology of science, higher education knowledge production, research evaluation, scientometrics and science policy studies.

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Heidi Prozesky

Prof. Heidi Prozesky is an associate professor at CREST. Her research interests are the sociology of science and scientometrics, with a focus on women in science and early-career researchers in Africa. The research projects she undertakes form part of SciSTIP’s research line on human resources for science and innovation.

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Robert Tijssen

Professor Dr Robert Tijssen is professor in scientometerics. He is a board member of SciSTIP. He holds the Chair of Science and Innovation Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is a research fellow at the LDE Center for Frugal innovation in Africa (an inter-university research consortium of Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam), and one of the international research partners at the Centre for Global Higher Education (University College London).

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Milandré van Lill

Dr Milandré van Lill is a senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) and is involved in several research projects of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Scientometrics and STI Policy (SciSTIP). Her research interests include human capacity for higher education and science and technology, the sociology of science and research methods and methodology.

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Lauren Wildschut

Dr Lauren Wildschut is the director of the Evaluation Studies Programme in the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST). Her research interests are evaluation education, evaluation theories, professionalisation of evaluation and qualitative data analysis.

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Nelius Boshoff

Nico Cloete

Sarah Goodier

Heide Hackmann

Marina Joubert

Johann Mouton

Heidi Prozesky

Robert Tijssen

Milandré van Lill

Lauren Wildschut

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