Optentia Research Unit, North-West University

The mission of the Optentia Research Unit is to develop and organise knowledge for the optimal expression of individual, social and institutional potential, with a specific interest in the African context. The research unit utilises the inputs from multiple disciplines: Economics, Educational Sciences, Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, Philosophy, Psychology (Work and Organisational Psychology, Educational Psychology, Counselling Psychology, and Clinical Psychology), Risk Management, Social Anthropology, Social Work, and Sociology. We study the optimisation of the potential of people and institutions by focusing on pathways from precarity to capability and optimal functioning

Positive institutions,ageing,generational dynamics,capability,flourishing,strengths-based studies,decoloniality,behavioural risk,technology,and well-being

Optentia research unit, north-west university operates in the Research services industry.

Optentia research unit, north-west university's revenue is 11m - 100m

Optentia research unit, north-west university has 11 - 50 employees.