GSDEC Members

The Global South Dialogue on Economic Crimes Network seeks to advance dialogue, research, and capacity on economic and financial crimes

Tina Uys

Clinical sociology

PROFILE SUMMARY

Tina Uys has been a Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg since 1995 and was the head of department for a period of 15 years. She was employed at the Department of Sociology at the University of South Africa from 1980-1994. During 2013 she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at George Washington University in Washington, DC and at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2017 she was a Visiting Professor at Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci in the Czech Republic. Previous positions include: President of Research Committee 46 (Clinical Sociology) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) for the term 2014-2018; member of the Editorial Collective responsible for South African Review of Sociology, the official journal of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) (2012-2016). Vice-President (National Associations) and Vice-President (Programme) of Research Committee 46 on Clinical Sociology (2010-2014) of the ISA; President of SASA (2002/2003 and 2003/2004); President of the Research Committee 42 on Social Psychology (2002-2006), and member of the ISA’s Executive Committee (2006-2010). She specialises in clinical sociology focusing on whistleblowing, contested identities in student communities and South African sociology. She has also published on HIV/Aids, relative deprivation and developments in higher education.

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS

University of Johannesburg