PhD Student

Vuyolwethu Ncube is a passionate researcher, academic and a PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Amsterdam. Vuyo holds a Masters Degree in Social and Psychological Research from the University of the Witwatersrand and is fluent in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research. Her research interests are focused on violence, gender, violence against women (VAW), asymmetrical social dynamics and the use of innovative methods to study social interactions. Vuyo’s PhD titled ‘How does violence against women occur in situ’  is focused on studying violence against women using Systematic Video Observation and Analysis – an innovative method of studying human conflicts using various forms of video data, and her case CCTV footage.