Professor Tanusha Raniga teaches integrated social and community development at the Department of Social Work and Community Development at the University of Johannesburg. She is a C2 NRF Rated Researcher. She is a recipient of the National Association of South African Education Institutions Young Up and Coming Award and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Award for Outstanding Contribution to the School of Applied Human Sciences in the College of Humanities. Dr. Raniga has served as Treasurer and a Board Member of the Association for Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) and the Association for Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA). Prof Raniga is a Team member of The Global Transformation and Social Work Practice DAAD Project which is a partnership made up of four universities – Fachhochshule Dortmund, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Midland State University. These four universities form part of the DAAD Programme from 2023 – 2026. DAAD is a German academic exchange organisation and the four-year programme aims to build SDG partnerships (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) between countries of the “Global North” and the “Global South”.
She currently serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Social Policy and Social Work, Social Development Issues and the Journal of Social Development in Africa. Prof Raniga has supervised 20 Masters, six PhD students and 3 Post doctoral fellows to completion. Dr Raniga’s research focuses on the impact of social protection policy on households, feminization of poverty and sustainable livelihoods. She has been a lead editor on two special editions: Journal of Social Development in Africa and African Journal of Social Work. Dr Raniga has published more than 60 articles in national and international accredited journals and has presented keynote lectures at Columbia School of Social Work and Boston College School of Social Work. She is the co-editor of the books titled: The Tensions between Culture and Human Rights: Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World and the children’s book titled: Uhambo Lwami.