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LEADERSHIP AWARD
RECOGNISES UCT’S REAL
ESTATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
The International Real Estate Society’s (IRES) 2021 Corporate Leadership Award
honours UCT’s Department of Construction Economics and Management.
The IRES award recognises international
leadership in support of real estate research
and education. It also acknowledges the
department’s support of the African Real
Estate Society (AfRES). Associate Professor
François Viruly, the director of the Urban Real
Estate Research Unit, and Associate Professor
Manya Mooya, the head of the Department of
Construction Economics and Management,
expressed their delight at the news.
“This award reflects the considerable time
and effort that colleagues in the department
have dedicated to enhancing UCT’s position
globally, and illustrates the important role the
university plays in furthering and supporting
research across the continent,” said Viruly.
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
WAHEEDA AMIEN JOINS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY LAW
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DESHEN MOODLEY JOINS
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Moodley is one of 19 fellows participating in the University-Based
Institutes for Advanced Study (UBIAS) network’s fourth Intercontinental
Academia (ICA), running until June 2022.
The ICA creates a network of future
researchers by bringing together the best
young academics from across the globe.
They are mentored by eminent researchers
in carrying out cross-disciplinary and
paradigm-shifting research.
The fourth ICA began as a virtual event in
June 2021 and progresses to an in-person
event in France and Brazil until June 2022.
Moodley is a member of the recently
established Artificial Intelligence Research
Unit (AIRU) at UCT, an accredited research
unit in the Department of Computer
Science. His research focuses on various
areas of artificial intelligence (AI) with the
aim of solving real-world problems.
His work has played a role in
interdisciplinary projects that have
contributed to the sensor web, earth
observation, biodiversity and digital health
research communities.
According to Moodley, joining,
participating in and leveraging networks
such as the ICA will be crucial for South
Africa to keep abreast of and contribute to
global innovation and the development of
AI technology.
“AI and digital technologies can play a
significant role towards building a more fair
and just society in South Africa,” he said.
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An academic in the Faculty of Law, Amien will join the South
African Law Reform Commission’s (SALRC) Advisory Committee
on the Review of Aspects of Matrimonial Property Law.
Amien’s appointment means she will provide
assistance, advice and constructive criticism
on how to develop matrimonial property law
in South Africa. Amien specialises in family
law and human rights, with a particular focus
on religious and customary family laws, and
Muslim family law.
In this role, Amien hopes to apply her
expertise in a practical setting and to help
improve the socioeconomic circumstances
of marginalised spouses, particularly women,
in religious marriages. “This appointment is
an opportunity to apply my work to effect
positive law reform in a significant aspect of
marriage laws,” Amien said.
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