VICE CHANCELLOR’S RESEARCH AWARDS FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES WINNER: Professor Pius Tanga Professor Pius Tanga, Deputy Dean for Research and Internationalisation in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, completed his professional training as a social worker in Yaounde, Cameroon and in Nigeria. He has taught at universities in Cameroon and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal here in South Africa. He has been at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) since 2009. Professor Tanga’s research interests include social justice and social protection for children and families, and social work education in Africa. He has conducted development- oriented research for bilateral and multilateral donors and humanitarian agencies such as the European Union, SOS, the Kellogg Foundation, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), based in Canada, and the United Nations Children’s Fund Professor Pius Tanga (UNICEF). In addition, he has over a hundred academic publications South Africa. Professor Tanga added In addition, Professor Tanga has in the form of journal articles, book to his qualifications with a Master extensive experience as an examiner, chapters / books, and research / of Arts degree in Human Rights and having assessed 97 Master’s technical reports. He is a member a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher dissertations and 37 doctoral theses of the editorial board of one South Education and Training at UFH. for universities in both South Africa African journal and two international and further afield. He is rated C3 by journals. In 2009, he was the recipient of the the NRF and is currently co-editing a Professor Tanga holds a Diploma Vice Chancellor’s Research Award at Routledge Handbook of African Social in Social Work from the National the National University of Lesotho and Work Education. School for Social Workers, Yaoundé, received the Vice Chancellor’s Senior Cameroon; a Bachelor of Social Researcher Award for the Faculty of Work / Community Development Social Sciences and Humanities at degree from the University of UFH in 2014, 2019 and 2021. To date, Nigeria, Nsukka with honours in the Professor Tanga has supervised 38 Upper Class Division; and a Master full research Master’s degrees and 23 of Social Work degree from the doctoral degrees to completion. He University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has also supervised four postdoctoral then completed his doctoral studies fellows and hosted three National at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Research Foundation (NRF) interns. Research Report 2021/2022 | 70