The mission of the Optentia Research Unit is to develop and organise knowledge for the optimal expression of individual, social and institutional potential, with a specific interest in the African context. The research unit utilises the inputs from multiple disciplines: Economics, Educational Sciences, Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, Philosophy, Psychology (Work and Organisational Psychology, Educational Psychology, Counselling Psychology, and Clinical Psychology), Risk Management, Social Anthropology, Social Work, and Sociology. We study the optimisation of the potential of people and institutions by focusing on pathways from precarity to capability and optimal functioning. Optentia's research is organised into six programmes.
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The Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) at the North-West University (NWU) recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its master’s-degree programme in behavioural risk work.
The theme, "Celebrating 10 year...Read article
Coming soon from Springer: Precarity in the Ivory Tower: Global Perspectives on Job Insecurity in Higher Education, a groundbreaking peer-reviewed volume edited by Prof. Hans De Witte, Prof. Lara Roll, and Prof. Ian Rothmann. This...Read article
On 21 October 2024, Prof Ype Poortinga present a lecture with the following title: “Exploring the History of Cross-Cultural Psychology: The Primacy of Method over Theory.”. He delved into the fascinating history of cro...Read article
Academic mentorship has reached a significant milestone. The Optentia Research Unit – one for academic mentors and one for academic mentees – have been successfully presented for the first time. Click on the following ...Read article
A systematic review and a comprehensive approach to PhD students' wellbeing.
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