{"id":4369,"date":"2024-10-24T07:46:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=4369"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:16:39","slug":"socially-engaged-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/socially-engaged-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Socially Engaged Scholarship &#8211; Marketing, Retail Business and Sport Management Department FMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4369\" class=\"elementor elementor-4369\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3253b3cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3253b3cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bec48e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bec48e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5beb7cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5beb7cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Socially Engaged Scholarship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a5911f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a5911f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f960455 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f960455\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d281404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d281404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof Adele Bendrt<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8672419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8672419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Prof-Adele-Bendrt\u200b.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11259\" alt=\"\" title=\"Prof-Adele-Bendrt\u200b \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c08001 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c08001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visiting Professor (2022) Research interests: Consumer behaviour Affiliation: J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University University (Sweden)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8f7a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a8f7a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-934aa85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"934aa85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof Ronnie Gao<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee23e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bee23e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Prof-R-Gao-256x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11258\" alt=\"\" title=\"Prof-R-Gao-256x300 \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c658356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c658356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visiting Professor (2023)Specialisation: Consumer culture and sub-cultureAffiliation: Trinity Western University, Langley (Canada)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94e858 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e94e858\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f34b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78f34b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e24b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06e24b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof Felix Mavondo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c0498c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c0498c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blank-profile-picture-973460_1280-283x189-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-834\" alt=\"\" title=\"blank-profile-picture-973460_1280-283x189 \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4539c0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4539c0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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(2025)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d8fed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25d8fed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3ed275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3ed275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>COMMUNITY PROJECT(S) WITHIN THE MARKETING PROGRAMME (Shared project run by Prof JP Van Der Westhuizen on the VUT Business Clinic funded by the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbee0c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbee0c9\" 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