Staff

Joyce is the Project Coordinator for R-NEET at the University of Pretoria. She has extensive experience in managing research projects, including those in public health, capacity building, development for advocacy, early career research fellowships, and transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in sub-Saharan Africa. Her primary interest is tobacco control research, focussing on adolescents and youth. She holds qualifications in basic sciences, a Master of Public Health, and is currently pursuing a PhD in public health.

Joyce is delighted to be part of the R-NEET team, contributing to the collaboration and success of the project’s initiatives to promote the health of African youth.

Fidelis Allen is a Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Port Harcourt. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His research interest covers natural resource conflict, environmental politics, decoloniality, intersectionality, youth, climate policy, oil politics, social cohesion, and social movements. He has authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and co-authored two recent books, Decolonising African Development Models: A New Post-Colonial Critique and Global Food Politics and Approaches to Sustainable Consumption, Emerging Research Opportunities. Allen has led several research projects.

I am excited about my role as R-NEET project coordinator, as this study offers the opportunity to promote our understanding, and support knowledge-driven change over the next five years, and beyond.