Tina Uys

• Prof.
• University of Johannesburg

Prof Tina Uys, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, has held the position of Head of Department for 15 years and is a certified Clinical Sociologist with the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. Recently appointed to the United Nations Independent System-Wide Evaluation Mechanism (UNISWEM) Global Panel of Advisors, she also served as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at George Washington University and the University of Cincinnati in 2013. Prof Uys has held numerous leadership positions in the sociological community, including Vice-President of the International Sociological Association, past President of ISA’s Clinical Sociology and Social Psychology divisions, and former President of the South African Sociological Association. Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Whistleblowing Canada Research Society and has authored or edited over 50 publications, with her most recent work, “Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination,” published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2022. Prof Uys is rated as an Internationally Recognized Researcher (B3) by the South African National Research Foundation, and specialises in the field of clinical sociology with a specific focus on advancing the sociological understanding of whistleblowing.