Norma Romm

Norma Romm First joined 1996-present Title Member Affiliation Professor Extraordinarius, affiliated to the University of South Africa Notable works To fill 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 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 has 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 and deputy director of the Centre for Systems Studies, at the University of Hull.

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/