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ASSOC. PROFESSOR DEBBIE KAMINER WINS BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Associate Professor Debbie Kaminer and co-authors received the award for Best Paper of 2023 from the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

PROFESSOR CATHY WARD ADMITTED TO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

At an awards ceremony on 23rd October 2024, Professor Cathy Ward was inaugurated as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSaf).

UCT MERITORIOUS BOOK PRIZE AWARDED TO PROF WAHBIE LONG

Professor Wahbie Long received the 2024 UCT Meritorious Book Prize for his book Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind.

PROFESSOR FLORETTA BOONZAIER DELIVERS INAUGURAL LECTURE

On 11th September, Professor Floretta Boonzaier delivered her inaugural lecture on finding hope and healing while researching gender-based violence.

“Lean In" Documentary by the Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa

“The Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa has produced a documentary entitled Lean In: A Decolonial Feminist Story.”

UCT Psychology Department Receives Prestigious Grant to Study Teen Sleep and Mental Health

The Welcome Trust has awarded researchers from the UCT Departments of Psychology and Human Biology a five-year multisite research grant to study sleep and circadian health in adolescents.

Professor Mark Solms leads the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud

Professor Marks Solms is the executive editor of the recently published Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, a groundbreaking 24-volume revision of the original Standard Edition.

Eyewitness Research Group runs 11th Annual Face Science Symposium

The Eyewitness Research Group in the UCT Psychology Department's Acsent Lab hosted its annual interdisciplinary ‘Face Science symposium’ in November 2023.

Assoc. Prof. Debbie Kaminer leads new policy briefing paper for International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Assoc. Prof. Debbie Kaminer is the lead author of a new policy briefing paper from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).

Prof. Wahbie Long delivers lecture at the Collège de France.

At a June 2023 colloquium on “Loneliness in the Crowd,” Professor Wahbie Long delivered a lecture, titled Finding the Other: Thoughts on Recognition and the Stranger Within.

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