Prof SK Jansen van Rensburg

Qualifications

• BA (Criminology) (cum laude) - University of Pretoria
• BA Honours (Criminology) - University of Pretoria
• MA (Criminology) (cum laude) - UNISA
• DLitt et Phil (Criminology) - UNISA

Currently teaching

• SEP3712 - Advanced Security Technology & Information Security III
• SEP4803 - Advanced Security Risk Control Measures and Security Technology IV

• Head of Subject Stream: Security Technology and Information Security

Fields of academic interests

• Criminology
• Security Science
• Victimology 

Field of Specialisation

• Victimology
• Information Security
• Contemporary Crime
• Security Technology

Books

Thobane, M.S. & Jansen van Rensburg, S.K. 2022.  Transformative Research Methodology: A Social Sciences Perspective. Handbook of Research on Mixed Methods Research in Information Science.

Journal articles

• Jansen van Rensburg, S.K. 2023. “I’m used to bad things happening to me”: The victimisation of low-income earning foreign nationals living in South Africa. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 11(2): 5-29.
• Jansen van Rensburg, S.K., Buthelezi, M.W., Nkwana, N.J., Msimang, N.P & Zitha, M. 2023. “You are reminded that you don’t have power”: The victimisation of security guards working in Gauteng, South Africa. Research in Business & Social Science, 12(8): 383-392.
• Cornelius, F.P., Jansen van Rensburg, S.K., & Kader, S. 2022. The value of Criminological Theories in explaining cybersecurity in South African Smart Cities. International Annals of Criminology, 1-21.
• Jansen van Rensburg, S.K. 2021. Doing gender well: Women’s perceptions on gender equality and career progression in the South African security industry. South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 47(0): 1-9.  
• Jansen van Rensburg, S.K. 2021. How secure is your information security: pragmatic lessons from the South African workplace? Journal of Global Information Management. 29(6): 1-6.

Paper presentations

• Online enemies: Vindictive cyberstalking – towards preventative solutions. Paper presented to the International Conference on Cybercrime and Computer Forensic 2013, Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East Hotel, Hong Kong, 25-27 August 2013.
• Cyberstalking in South Africa: An integrative approach. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference: Law-Criminal Justice & Multi-Inter-Trans-disciplinary Research. Mount Grace Hotel, Magaliesburg, 13-15 August 2012.
• The significance of traditional Criminological theories to contemporary Criminology.  Paper presented at the 16^th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology. Muenster, Germany, 21-24 September 2016.
• The role of social networks in cyberstalking: harmful tool or helpful aid? CRIMSA Biennial Conference, 2-4 August 2017, Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Academic Bursary from the University of Pretoria for the years 2007,2008, 2009 and 2010
• Awarded the University of South Africa postgraduate bursary for the years 2011 and 2012
• Member of Golden Key Society [top academic 15% of the University of Pretoria]
• Recipient of the Women in Research grant (2018-2020)
• Recipient of the 2017 Youngest Female Doctoral Graduate

Projects

• Learner Research Summit