Our People and Philosophy

Centre Philosophy

Since its inception, the JMCR has applied psychological principles to understanding relationships. The JMCR focuses its research activities specifically on creating and evaluating pro-social impact, building trust between stakeholders and positive relationships between business and society.

Research streams actively pursued within JMCR include:

• Pro-social behaviour (humanising instead of demonising others)
• Engaged relationships (positive reputations and identities, trust/distrust, supportive behaviours)
• Responsible leadership (decision-making, emotions, empathy, corporate responsibility, balancing the needs of stakeholders)
• Better communication (by organisations, governments, stakeholders and society)
• Succeeding through adversity (resilience, well-being, social and environmental innovation, reputation-recovery)

We maintain an orientation towards independently conducted rigorous research, which can attract external funding and publication in high-impact academic outlets. Our research also intends to help individuals, organisations and society as a whole, to build lasting relationships and positive identities and to beneficially inform policy and practice.

The JMCR welcomes visiting scholars with research interests in related areas.

PhD applications from students with interest in our core themes are also highly encouraged.

Researchers, Collaborators, Associates and Past PhD Students

• Dr Irene Garnelo-Gomez
• Björn Edlund
• Professor David Finch
• Stephen Pain
• Peter Molyneux
• Gene van Harden
• Dr David Littlewood
• Paul Varella
• Klaus-Peter Wiedman
• Dr Jos Bartels
• Simona Cantarella
• Professor Doug Saddy
• Maria Fernandez
• Daniel Korschun
• John Crowns
• John Cross
• Dr Naeema Pasha
• James Robey
• Tony Dyson
• Dr Naila Zulfa
• Dr Timothy Groves
• Dr Samuel Lawal
• Dr Anumeha Sah
• Dr Nuno Da Camara
• Dr Niloofar Borghei Razavi
• Nicki Tovstiga

Impact Partnership Members

• Colleges of Medicine South Africa

• Quadpara Association of South Africa

• Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSIBA)

• Autism Western Cape

• Mamelani