Early Career Academics in Educational Research

Amasa Ndofirepi, Ph.D. (2013), Sol Plaatje University and University of Johannesburg, is Full Professor of Philosophy and History of Education. He has co-edited several books including Decolonising African University Knowledges Vols 1 & 2 (xxx, 2023) and Unyoking African University Knowledge Vol 1 (xxx, 2023).Doniwen Pietersen, Ph.D. (2019) & Ph.D. (2023), University of Pretoria and University of Freestate respectively, is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at University of South Africa (Unisa). He has published several articles in International and DHET accredited journals.Percy Sepeng, Ph.D. (2011), is Professor of Mathematics Education and Dean of Students at University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published books, book chapter, articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings in Mathematics [Education]. He supervised over 30 Master and Doctoral students.Raymond Nkwenti Fru, Ph.D. (2018), University of KwaZulu-Natal, is a senior lecturer of History and Social Science Education at the Sol Plaatje University. He is Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) fellow. He has published extensively in the areas of school textbooks and other discourses in History Education.Alan Felix, Ph.D. (2021), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, is Geography and Social Science Lecturer in the Intermediary Phase in the Faculty of Education. His research interests are in geography education and the use of ICTs. He co-authored an article titled, A wake-up call: Equity, inequality and Covid-19 emergency remote teaching and learning (2020).Medson Mapuya, Ph.D. (2020), Central University of Technology, Free State, is a lecturer in Accounting Education and Higher Education Studies at Sol Plaatje University. He has published several articles in Accounting Education and Higher Education and has presented his research work in local and International Conferences. His research interest is in the learning experiences of students in higher education.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 Enhancing Early Career Research Scholarship: Unpacking the DialoguesAmasa Ndofirepi2 On African Philosophy of Higher Education, Infancy, Potentiality, and BecomingYusef Waghid3 Navigating the Multiple Higher Education Demands: Stories of Early Career Women AcademicsThembeka Myende and Ntombikayise Nkosi4 Levelling the Playing Fields in Global Research Partnerships toward Forging Transformative Research CollaborationJune Monica Palmer and Darrell Edwin De Klerk5 Brain Re-Engineering Concept and Reimagination: Strategy for Early Career Academics in Agriculture and Food Systems ResearchIkechi Kelechi Agbugba6 From Novice to Expert: Education Law for Emerging AcademicsDean Collin Langeveldt and Doniwen Pietersen7 Early Career Academics in the Digital Transformation AgeAlan Felix and Wiets Botes8 Can Your Marriage Survive a PhD? : Autoethnographic Reflections on a Coloured Woman s Early Career Journey into AcademiaClaire Gaillard9 Early Career Academics Development in Africa: Reflections on the Brain Re-Engineering Concept as Formal Institutionalised Mentoring OptionsIkechi Kelechi Agbugba and Felix Ifeanyichukwu Okoye10 Reflections on the Impact of Marketisation of Higher Education on Early Career Academics at South African UniversitiesBheki R. Mngomezulu11 Resisting the Neoliberal Onslaught on South African Universities: The Potential Role of Early Career AcademicsKevin L. G. Teise and Victor Nico Teise12 Navigating Rigidity: Challenges and Strategies for Early Career Academics in Mathematics EducationPercy SepengIndex