Norma Romm

Norma Romm First joined 1996-present Title Member Affiliation Professor Extraordinarius, affiliated to the University of South Africa Notable works Here I am mentioning only my my sole-authored books; co-authored books; and co-edited books. (I also provide sites of reviews of my latest book.) Co-authored books: 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). Co-authored books: 2008: Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy in Zambia (co-authored with Veronica McKay). International Labor Organization. 1996: Diversity Management: Triple Loop Learning (co-authored with Robert Flood). Wiley. 1992: People’s Education in Theoretical Perspective: Towards the Development of a Critical Humanist Approach (co-authored with Veronica McKay), Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman. Co-edited books: 2022: Covid-19: Perspectives Across Africa (co-edited with A. Fymat and J. Kapalanga). The compilation of this book emanated from the (virtual) annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa (SASA), 2020/2021. Tellwell. 2019: Mixed Methods and Cross-Disciplinary Research Towards Cultivating Eco-systemic Living (co-edited with Janet McIntyre-Mills). Springer. 2019: Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons: Theory and Practice on Rural-Urban Balance (co-edited with Janet McIntyre-Mills and Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes). Springer. 2017: Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice (co-edited with Janet McIntyre-Mills and Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes). Springer. 1996: Critical Systems Thinking: Current Research and Practice (co-edited with Robert Flood). Plenum. 1994: Social Theory (co-edited with Michael Sarakinsky). Heinemann. Interest in SIGs Critical Systems Thinking Transformative Research Indigenous Relational Systemic Approach Degree(s) MA (University of Cape Town, 1982); DLitt et Phil (University of South Africa, 1986) Field(s) of study Sociology; Education; Eco-systemic knowing-and-living University(ies) University of Cape Town; University of South Africa; University of Eswatini; University of Hull; European University of Cyprus. Specialization(s) responsible research practice; transformative research; an Indigenous systemic approach to knowing-and-being ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1722-9720 Notable Awards or 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). 2016: Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research (Award given by the University of South Africa). 2020: Re-rating (for the period 2021-2026) by the South African National Research Foundation: Category B2 in the specialization fields of responsible research practice, transformative research, and the Indigenous paradigm. (Definition of B2: All or the overriding majority of reviewers utilized to review the application are firmly convinced that the applicant enjoys considerable international recognition for the high quality and impact of his/her recent research outputs.) 2022: Awarded a prize from the University of South Africa: Women in Research Leadership Award for Excellence in Research (from Vice-Principal: Research, Postgraduate Studies, Innovation & Commercialization). Links https://www.taosinstitute.net/about-us/people/institute-associates/africa-north-africa-middle-east/norma-romm

Norma Romm joined ISSS in 1966. Norma is a South African critical systems thinker interested in 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; Deputy director of the Centre for Systems Studies, at the University of Hull; and Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at the European University of Cyprus. (See her ORCID page for details.)

Notable Works

• The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism (1991) London: Macmillan
• Accountability in Social Research (2001) Springer
• New Racism: Revisiting Researcher Accountabilities (2010) Springer
• Responsible Research Practice: Revisiting Transformative Paradigm in Social Research (2018) Springer

Video Presentations

• https://cdpd.fisip.unpad.ac.id/webinar-series-metodologi-riset-seri-3-mixed-methods-research-from-a-transformative-poin-of-view/