Teaching and supervision
Where appropriate GCRO staff will contribute to the teaching and learning work of various universities through lecturing and supervision.
2012
- David Everatt is supervising one Masters and one Doctoral student. He was also an external examiner for a PhD and Masters at the University of Stellenbosch and an internal examiner for a Masters at WITS
- Maryna Storie co-supervised a student from UJ and assisted various Masters degree students at UJ and Wits on their mini-dissertations in various areas of work that GCRO is involved in
- Sally Peberdy is supervising two Masters students at the University of the Western Cape, and co-supervising a third. She also acts as an external examiner for Masters and PhD theses from the University of Cape Town, UJ, UNISA and Wits
- Josephine Musango was an external examiner for a Masters student at UP, submitting her evaluation report on 6 January 2012
2011
- Maryna Storie is co-supervising Adeline Ngie at the University of Johannesburg on a masters student thesis on the topic of ‘Flood management and vulnerability in Diepsloot, Gauteng’. The draft thesis is complete, and is expected to be submitted for review and marking by early December 2011
- Chris Wray is an external examiner for a Wits fourth-year Electrical and Information Engineering project supervised by Prof Rex van Olst
- Josephine Musango was external moderator for two Masters degree modules for Stellenbosch University – Renewable Energy Policy and Financing Renewable Energy – in November 2011
- Maryna Storie has been supervising two Masters students in the field of disaster management at the Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC), University of the Free State. The theses, that respectively focus on insurance costs related to flooding and fires in informal settlements, has been submitted for marking in November 2011
- Graeme Gotz delivered a guest lecture on ‘Gauteng City-Region issues and challenges’, to third year Wits School of Architecture and Planning Students, on 25 August 2011
- Chris Wray presented a lecture on Web GIS to Wits second year geography students in June 2011
- Graeme Gotz delivered a guest lecture on ‘Metropolitan areas & city regions: Johannesburg & Gauteng’, to third year Wits School of Architecture and Planning Students, on 12 April 2011
- Graeme Gotz presented two lectures to the Urban Infrastructure Design and Management Masters Programme at UCT on 8 March 2011, one on the Phiri Water Case and the other on Johannesburg’s Growth Management Strategy
2010
- Graeme Gotz taught a semester course, ‘Johannesburg as a City in Africa’, to 3rd year planning students in the School of Architecture and Planning at Wits University, from July-November 2010
- David Everatt is supervising 3 Masters and 2 PhD students at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management
- Maryna Storie is supervising 8 Honours students in the field of “Spatial Decision Support Systems”, in the Department of GeoInformatics, University of Pretoria. She is also supervising a Masters student in the field of disaster management at the Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC) at the University of the Free State
2009
- Graeme Gotz taught a semester course, ‘Johannesburg as a City in Africa’, to 2009 3rd year planning students in the School of Architecture and Planning at Wits
- Graeme Gotz lectured on the Urban Renewal module of the Urban Infrastructure Design and Management Masters Programme at UCT on 10 and 11 September 2009
- David Everatt is supervising 7 Masters and 2 PhD students at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
