Speakers

Relebohile Moletsane is Professor and the JL Dube Chair in Rural Education in the School of Education and Pro Vice Chancellor: Social Cohesion at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Using participatory visual methodology, her research focuses on rural education and development, girlhood studies, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in South African […]

Clarissia Bourdeau is a Program Associate with the Membership and University Relations team at Scholar at Risk (SAR). SAR is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. The SAR Network is composed of over 600 universities from 42 countries working collaboratively to promote academic freedom

Ronelle Carolissen is a clinical psychologist and full professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University. She is a South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher.

Anaïs Georges is a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and Globalisation from the University of Oulu. During her master’s studies, she contributed to a joint initiative of the Finnish University Partnership for International Development and the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning in collaboration with

Prof. Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela is the Associate Chancellor and Vice-Provost for Global Affairs & Strategies and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her BA in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.  She received a Master’s in Labor & Industrial Relations and a

Philina has been working in development cooperation contexts for the last ten years. Between 2013-2017, she was the director of the DAAD Information Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, for Southern Africa. In that capacity, she promoted international student and research exchange as well as funding opportunities for students to study in South Africa, Africa and

Thebe Ikalafeng is a Hall of Fame global African authority in branding and THE leading advocate for a brand-led African renaissance.He is the founder of the seminal ‘Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands’ initiative widely referenced as the definitive barometer of African brands.

Dr Claudine Anita Hingston is an academic, researcher, gender expert and an advocate for women’s empowerment and rights. She has over twenty years working experience in various institutions in Sierra Leone, United Kingdom, and South Africa.

International Officer at the Unit for International Mobility, Division for Internationalisation, Uppsala University, Sweden. I am responsible for coordinating and administrating the KA171 Erasmus+ ICM (International Credit Mobility) programme at Uppsala University. I also handle grants for outgoing Uppsala University staff within the KA131 Erasmus+ programme (staff training and teacher exchanges within Europe).

Mr Thabo Dikgale joined the University of Venda (UNIVEN) as the Partnership Officer in the International Relations and Partnership Directorate in November 2021. Before joining UNIVEN, Mr Dikgale was a Professional Officer at the National Research Foundation (NRF) where he was responsible for coordinating and managing the Future Earth Regional Office for Southern Africa (FEROSA)