Research Hub Coordinator
Prof Luzelle Naudé
Department of Psychology
Honorary Patron
Prof Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts
jeffreyarnett.com
International Collaborators
Prof Amber Gayle Thalmayer
Assistant Professor for Personality, Mental Health, and Culture, Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Prof Konrad Piotrowski
Head of the Center for Research on Personality Development, SWPS University in Poznań, Poland
Dr Byron G. Adams
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Prof Oana Negru-Subtirica
Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Head of the Self and Identity Development Lab
Prof Kobus Marais
Linguistics and Language Practice
Dr Merlene Esau
Social Work
Prof Jan-Albert van den Berg
Practical and Missional Theology
Prof Diana Breshears
Communication Science
Rentia Du Plessis
Communication Science
Dr Rosaline Sebolao
Teaching and Learning
Israel Mawoyo
Teaching and Learning
Dr Wilbert J Gobbo
Theology, St Joseph’s Theological Institute
Dr Munyaradzi Mushonga
Centre for Gender and Africa Studies
Dr Shirley du Plooy
Anthropology
Dr Catherine M Shirima
Project: Youth in Action
Current Doctoral Students
Francois Naudé
Tattoo narratives: Co-constructed identities from two distinct professions
Ruani Nel
Satisfaction with life in association with the balance between parental, career and relational identity among South African and Polish men and women
Athumani Mgaya
Being well: Positive youth development towards well-being among African emerging adults
Diego Rex
Emerging into African adulthood: Birth order and gender as moderators of the relationship between educational identity and the dimensions of emerging adulthood
Anri Pawson
Identity development and intimate romantic relationships: Reconceptualising the identity-intimacy link during emerging adulthood
Lize Pawson
Individuation within the family system: Developing an autonomous sense of self during emerging adulthood
Sarita Burger
Emerging life stories during the pre-school years: Mothers’ and children’s co-constructions
Helen Malgas
Rites of passage: Emerging narrative identities of females in late adolescence transitioning into womanhood