The 10th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS), which recently took place in Vanderbijlpark, is yet another sterling example of how the North-West University (NWU) collaborates with international partners in the pursuit of academic advancement.
The conference represents a dynamic collaboration between the NWU’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey, and saw representatives from across the globe in attendance.
Over the three-day conference, more than 150 research papers and abstracts were presented.
According to Dr Natanya Meyer, conference administrator, the aim of the annual conference is to bring together a wide audience of academics, policy makers and professional practitioners around clearly defined topics to heighten debate, facilitate knowledge sharing and build networks for future collaborative ventures.
She adds that these like-minded individuals function within various interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environments and as such represent critically thinking and globally connected experts.
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The conference saw Prof Dr Dileep Kumar, from UNIES: Netherlands, take to the podium as the keynote speaker. He shared his expertise on mixed method research with attendees. During a pre-conference workshop, he focused on several aspects related to research philosophy and design, the need for mixed method research, mixed method research techniques, the practical application thereof as well as the challenges linked to this research modus.
Discussion themes included: entrepreneurship and business, public management, teaching and learning, human resources, marketing, supply chain management, poverty and social issues, risk management, agriculture, financial management and health and safety.
Prof Babs Surujlal (conference co-chair), Prof Dileep Kumar (keynote speaker), Dr Natanya Meyer (conference cdministrator) and Prof Herman van der Merwe (conference co-chair).
