Professor
Kopano Ratele

Kopano Ratele is a professor in the Institute of Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and researcher in the Violence, Injury & Peace Research Unit. He runs the Research Unit on Men & Masculinities and the Transdisciplinary African Psychologies Programme. He was a professor at the University of Western Cape in the Department of Psychology and in Women & Gender Studies.

Kopano has also been co-director of the South African Medical Research Council-UNISA Violence, Injury & Peace Research Unit and President of the Psychological Society of South Africa (2009-2010). He chaired the board of Sonke Gender Justice, a South African non-governmental organisation working across Africa to promote gender equality, prevent domestic and sexual violence, and reduce the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS.

He is best known for his work on issues of identity, violence, sexuality, and masculinity. He has an extensive list of scholarly articles, books, and presentations delivered around the world. He has edited and co-edited the books From Boys to Men: Social Construction of Masculinities in Contemporary Society and Inter-Group relations: South African Perspectives. He is also editor-in-chief of African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention and books editor of the South African Journal of Psychology.

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