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|period=1996-present
|period=1996-present
|title=Member
|title=Member
|affiliation= Professor Extraordinarius, affiliated to the University of South Africa
|affiliation= Professor Extraordinarius<br>affiliated to the University of South Africa
|notable_works=Here I am mentioning only my my sole-authored books.  (I also provide sites of reviews of my latest book.)
|notable_works=
 
2018: Responsible Research Practice: Revisiting Transformative Paradigm in Social Research (Springer).
For extracts of reviews of this book, please see the following: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319743844#reviews. Donna Mertens provided an endorsement of the book (page v of the book). An extensive review by Avivit Cherrington in the journal Educational Research for Social Change can be found at http://ersc.nmmu.ac.za/articles/ERSC_Sept_2018_Vol_7_No_2_Book_Report_pp_146-149.pdf. Another extensive review by Susan Goff in the journal Systemic Practice and Action Research can be found at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-019-09497-6. Another detailed review was written by Vassilissa Carangio for the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies and published online in 2020 (DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1831569). And yet another comprehensive review (by Dan Wulff) for the journal The Qualitative Report can be found at https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol26/iss4/7/
 
2010: New Racism: Revisiting Researcher Accountabilities (Springer).
 
2001: Accountability in Social Research: Issues and Debates. Kluwer Academic/Plenum. (This was the second top bestselling e-book of Kluwer publishers for more than a year.)
 
1991: The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism: A Sociological Debate (Macmillan).
|interests=[[Critical Systems Thinking]]<br>[[Transformative Research]]<br>[[Indigenous Relational Systemic Approach]]
|interests=[[Critical Systems Thinking]]<br>[[Transformative Research]]<br>[[Indigenous Relational Systemic Approach]]
|degrees=MA (University of Cape Town, 1982); DLitt et Phil (University of South Africa, 1986)
|degrees=MA (University of Cape Town, 1982)<br>DLitt et Phil (University of South Africa, 1986)
|fields=Sociology; Education; Eco-systemic knowing-and-living
|fields=Sociology; Education<br>Eco-systemic knowing-and-living
|universities=University of Cape Town; University of South Africa; University of Eswatini; University of Hull; European University of Cyprus.
|universities=University of Cape Town<br>University of South Africa<br>University of Eswatini<br>University of Hull<br>European University of Cyprus
|specializations=responsible research practice; transformative research; an Indigenous systemic  approach to knowing-and-being
|specializations=responsible research practice<br>transformative research<br>an Indigenous systemic  approach to knowing-and-being
|orcid=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1722-9720
|orcid=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1722-9720
|achievements=2015: Award (plaque) given by the University of South Africa in recognition of being rated by South Africa’s National Research Foundation for being an established researcher in the fields of researcher accountability, responsible research practice, and constructivist epistemology (2015-2020).  
|achievements=2015: Award (plaque) by the University of South Africa in recognition of being rated by South Africa’s National Research Foundation for being an established researcher in the fields of researcher accountability, responsible research practice, and constructivist epistemology (2015-2020).  


2016: Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research (Award given by the University of South Africa).
2016: Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research (Award given by the University of South Africa).
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'''Norma Romm''' joined ISSS in 1966. Norma is a South African [[Critical Systems Thinking| critical systems thinker]] interested in [[Transformative Research|Transformative Research and links with Indigenous onto-epistemology]]. She is a (retired) professor at the Department of Adult, Community, and Continuing Education at the University of South Africa. Norma was previously Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Swaziland<ref>https://www.socresonline.org.uk/2/3/romm.html</ref>; Deputy director of the Centre for Systems Studies, at the University of Hull<ref>https://www.socresonline.org.uk/2/3/romm.html</ref>; and Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at the European University of Cyprus. (See her ORCID page for details.)
'''Norma Romm''' joined ISSS in 1966. Norma is a South African [[Critical Systems Thinking| critical systems thinker]] interested in [[Transformative Research|Transformative Research and links with Indigenous onto-epistemology]]. She is a (retired) professor at the Department of Adult, Community, and Continuing Education at the University of South Africa. Norma was previously Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Swaziland<ref>https://www.socresonline.org.uk/2/3/romm.html</ref>; Deputy director of the Centre for Systems Studies, at the University of Hull<ref>https://www.socresonline.org.uk/2/3/romm.html</ref>; and Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at the European University of Cyprus. (See her ORCID page for details.)
==Personal Life==  
==Personal Life==  
This has been storied by me (as relevant to my concerns) in Chapter 2 of my book on ''Responsible Research Practice'' (2018). This book can be found at the following site: https://www.academia.edu/93596083/Responsible_Research_Practice_2018_final
This has been storied by me (as relevant to my concerns) in Chapter 2 of my book on ''Responsible Research Practice'' (2018). This book can be found at the following site: https://www.academia.edu/93596083/Responsible_Research_Practice_2018_final
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