Chair:  Bernadette Johnson

1. David Cooper- The University Third Mission of ‘Socio-Economic-Cultural Development’: understanding public and applied sociology as ‘engaged scholarship’(University of Cape Town)
2. Antoinette Tolken-Smith - Social Impact through engaged scholarship and corporate citizenship in Higher Education - a theoretical framework (Stellenbosch University )
3. Radhamany Sooryamoorthy- Sociological research in South Africa: Contemporary characteristics. (University KwaZulu-Natal)