Niche Areas

Directorate of Research & Innovation

​​​​ACTIVE RESEARCH NICHE AREAS IN 2022

Leader Niche Area Title
 Faculty Contact Details
Prof A Mastamet-Mason
Reconstruction of the Past and Crafting a New Multicultural South African Landscape through the Arts
Arts and Design
+27 12 382 6174​
Dr P Sidogi
Critical Studies in Visual Arts
Arts and Design
+27 12 382 6135
Prof H Klingelhöfer
Sustainability Management Accounting and Finance
Economics and Finance
+27 12 382 0664
klingelhoeferhe@tut.ac.za​
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Prof J Ndambuki
Climate Change, Water Security and Disaster Management
Engineering and the Built Environment
+27 12 382 2852
Ndambukijm@tut.ac.za​​
Prof Z Huan’
Applied Refrigeration and Thermal Energy Systems
Engineering and the Built Environment
+27 12 382 5286
Prof R Mbaya

Advanced Catalysis Technologies
Engineering and the Built Environment
+27 12 382 3597
​​Dr JA Swanepoel​
Operations and Engineering Management
Engineering and the Built Environment
+27 12 382 2843
​Prof A Kanjee
Assessment for Learning
Humanities
+27 12 382 9382/9338
Dr EA Van Wyk (Acting)
 Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)
Information & Communication Technology
+27 12 382 9118/9689
Dr TJ Lavhengwa (Acting)
Information and Communication Technology for Business Enhancement (ICT4BE)
Information & Communication Technology
+27 12 382 ​9626
Prof E Rankhumise (Acting)
 Enterprise Development and Management Research in the BRICS Block
Management Sciences
+27 12 382 5267
Prof C Schultz
The Future of Work and the Alleviation of Unemployment and Poverty
 Management Sciences​
+27 12 382 4698
Prof JKO Asante
Material Composites
Science
+27 12 382 6280
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