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|period=2022-2023 | |period=2022-2023 | ||
|service=[[ISSS President]] | |service=[[ISSS President]] | ||
|previous_posts=[[VP | |previous_posts=[[VP Research]], 2020-2022 | ||
|current_post= | |current_post=Director of the Research Unit for Data Science and Computing at the North-West University in South Africa | ||
|degrees= | |degrees=BSc Economic Subjects, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1988<br> MS (cum laude), Vaal Triangle Technikon, 1995<br>Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (cum laude) from Unisa, 1998<br>PhD, Information Technology, University in Pretoria, 2005 | ||
|fields= | |fields= Information Technology<br>Data Science and Computing<br> Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence | ||
|universities= | |universities=North-West University, South Africa | ||
|specializations= | |specializations=Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence | ||
|socioacademic= | |socioacademic=Philosophy, Higher Education<br>Implements humanitarian projects empowering Syrian refugees in the Netherlands and also projects in India on empowering women in the corporate world. | ||
|achievements= | |achievements=Bsc with cum laude<br>Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018<br>supervised 19 MSc students and 10 PhD students | ||
|external_links= | |external_links= https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/computer-science-and-information-systems/roelien-goede | ||
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Roelien obtained a PhD in Information Technology in 2004, focusing her thesis on Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence. She also attended the Lugano Summer School in Systems Design in 2012 and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education. In her bachelor’s degree, she majored in Business Management and Computer Science. | Roelien obtained a PhD in Information Technology in 2004, focusing her thesis on Systems Thinking in Business Intelligence. She also attended the Lugano Summer School in Systems Design in 2012 and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education. In her bachelor’s degree, she majored in Business Management and Computer Science. | ||
Roelien is currently Director of the | Roelien is currently Director of the Research Unit for Data Science and Computing at the North-West University in South Africa. She lectures Database Optimisation and Unstructured Databases with Cloud Computing. She has a passion for teaching Computer Science, especially Programming. She has supervised 18 Master’s and 6 PhD students to completion and currently supervises another seven PhD students and two master’s students. Her research focus is on Critical Systems Thinking and she has published more than ten journal papers on critical systems thinking and the applications thereof. | ||
Roelien's industry experience in programming and PhD work sparked an interest in philosophy – an interest she developed by attending the annual working conference in the Netherlands of the Centre of Philosophy, Technology and Society for a period of 10 years from 2002 onwards. Her focus on Systems Thinking lead to her involvement in the International Society for Systems Sciences, where she currently serves as the vice-president for Research. This organisation promotes the use of systems sciences to understand and improve complex problem situations in all spheres of life. Currently she is involved in a humanitarian project empowering Syrian refugees in the Netherlands and also in a project in India focusing on empowering women in the corporate world as project managers. | Roelien's industry experience in programming and PhD work sparked an interest in philosophy – an interest she developed by attending the annual working conference in the Netherlands of the Centre of Philosophy, Technology and Society for a period of 10 years from 2002 onwards. Her focus on Systems Thinking lead to her involvement in the International Society for Systems Sciences, where she currently serves as the vice-president for Research. This organisation promotes the use of systems sciences to understand and improve complex problem situations in all spheres of life. Currently she is involved in a humanitarian project empowering Syrian refugees in the Netherlands and also in a project in India focusing on empowering women in the corporate world as project managers. | ||
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==Personal Life== | ==Personal Life== | ||
Roelien was born on the 16th of January 1971 as the youngest child of Roelie and Fransien van der Walt and married Hennie Goede in 2000 and is mother to Rika (16) and Kari (14). She has an interest in multi-sports and takes part in triathlon events. | Roelien was born on the 16th of January 1971 as the youngest child of Roelie and Fransien van der Walt and married Hennie Goede in 2000 and is mother to Rika (16) and Kari (14). She has an interest in multi-sports and takes part in triathlon events. | ||
==Video Presentations== | |||
https://vimeo.com/564638317 | |||
==Selected Publications== | ==Selected Publications== | ||