Margie Schneider

GPI - UCT Facilitate Mentor

Research Interests

  • Disability definitions and measurement
  • Disability and social protection
  • Public mental health
  • Dementia

Biography

Margie Schneider holds a BSc in Logopaedics (Speech and Language therapy and Audiology) from the University of Cape Town; MA in Applied Linguistics from Reading University, UK; PhD in Public Health from Wits University. Her thesis title was "The Social life of questionnaires: Exploring respondents’ understanding and interpretation of disability measures."  

After leaving the field of Audiology and Speech-language therapy, Margie moved into broader social science research. focusing on disability measurement, integrating disability in social protection programmes, and research in public mental health.  She has worked as a lecturer in Audiology at City University, London, and WITS University before moving into broader social science research working in Research-focused NGOs, World Health Organisation in Geneva, the Human Sciences Research Council and the University of Cape Town.

 Margie Schneider's CV

Recent Publications 

  • Jacobs R, Schneider M, Farina N, DuToit P, Docrat S, Comas-Herrer C, & Knapp M. (2023) Dementia in South Africa: A Situational Analysis. Dementia, 2023, Vol. 0(0) 1–24 

  • Kleintjes S & Schneider M. (2023). History and politics of mental health policy and care in South Africa. SSM-Mental Health, 100206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100206 

  • Suich H & Schneider, M. (2022) Monitoring disability inclusion: setting a baseline for South Africa. African Journal of Disability, 11(0), a1020. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1020