Research overview
UCT’s Vision 2030 commits us to ‘unleashing knowledge in and from Africa to redefine and co-create a sustainable global future’. We strive to address global challenges and realise new opportunities in the social and natural worlds.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Marcello Vichi
Professor Marcello Vichi from the Department of Oceanography will present his inaugural lecture titled “Fifty degrees of separation. Why Antarctica and the polar regions matter for Afrika” at 17:30 SAST on Monday, 21 October 2024.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Shose Kessi
Professor Shose Kessi will deliver her inaugural lecture titled "S#*T HAPPENS: A Decolonial Feminist Psychological Reflection on Institutional Racism in Higher Education" on Wednesday, 19 March at Neville Alexander Building, lower campus.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Francois Cilliers
Professor Cilliers delivered his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Theory from the Past – Theory for the Future: Rethinking Health Professions Education in Context” on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 at 18:00 SAST.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Res Altwegg
Professor Res Altwegg from the Department of Statistical Sciences will present his inaugural lecture titled “Adventures in Statistical Ecology” at 17:45 SAST on Thursday, 8 May 2025.
Research and innovation
UCT’s Vision 2030 commits us to ‘unleashing knowledge in and from Africa to redefine and co-create a sustainable global future’. We strive to address global challenges and realise new opportunities in the social and natural worlds.