Qualifications
PhD on 'Women’s experiences of Poverty, Reproduction and Family Life: A South African case study' supervised by Proff Colin Murray and Angela Dale (University of Manchester), 2001 
MA (University of Durban Westville)
DTE (University of South Africa)

Research interests
Epistemological questions, social inequality, social marginality / vulnerability and social exclusion particularly with reference to the poor, women and the ill, as well as the family and household in South Africa

Teaching experience
Numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Academic citizenship
- Member and former treasurer of the South African Sociological Association
- Member of the International Sociological Association
- Member of Commonwealth Alumni (Public Health and Gender Networks)
- Member of Advisory Board of the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Pretoria
- Member of the Editorial Board of the South African Review of Sociology (SARS), 2004-2009
- Advisor on Social Inequality, Development Report, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), 2007- 2008
- Member of Standard Generaring Body for Sociology, South African Qualifications Authority, 2001 - 2006

Recent papers and publications 
Naidoo, K 2010 ‘Intergenerational life histories: Women’s contrasting experiences of marriage and childbearing in a rural enclave’. Agenda 84: 37-45.

Schoeman, M, Loots, L and Naidoo, K. 2010. ‘South African female peacekeepers: An exploration of their experiences in the DRC’. New South African Review 1: 236-252.

Naidoo, K. 2009. Fragmented families, Poverty and Women’s Reproductive Narratives in South Africa. London: Adonis and Abbey.

Naidoo, K. 2009. Poverty, Politics and Health. Post-Apartheid South African Realities. Berlin: VDM Verlag.

Indongo, N and Naidoo, K. 2009 - accepted, in press. ‘The key determinants of young women’s use and selection of contraception in Namibia’. Demography India 38(1).

Naidoo, K and Misra, K. 2008. ‘Poverty and Intimacy: Reflections on Sexual Exchange, Reproduction and AIDS in South Africa’, South African Review of Sociology, 39(1): 1-17.

Cilliers, C, Naidoo, K  and Smit, R. 2008. ‘University academics, family politics and ‘the egalitarian discourse’. Agenda 76(Family Politics): 106-115.

Indongo, N and Naidoo, K. 2008. ‘Family Planning Dialogue: Women’s use and selection of contraception in Namibia’. African Sociological Review 12(2): 98-116.

Naidoo, K. 2007.  ‘Researching Reproduction: Reflections on Qualitative Methodology in a Transforming Society’. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(1): Art 12. Online at http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-08/08-1-12-e.htm.

Naidoo, K. 2006. ‘Agency amidst adversity: poverty and women’s reproductive lives’. In Van Marle, K (editor). Sex, gender, becoming: Postapartheid Reflections. Pretoria: W &G Institute, UP / PULP.

Naidoo, K. 2006. ‘Affirmative Action’. In Fitzpatrick, T, Kwon, H, Manning, N, Midgley, J and Pascall, G. International Encyclopedia of Social Policy. London: Routledge.

Naidoo, K. 2006. ‘Cohabitation’. In Fitzpatrick, T, Kwon, H, Manning, N, Midgley, J and Pascall, G. International Encyclopedia of Social Policy. London: Routledge.

Naidoo, K . 2005.   ‘The “politics of poverty” in a post-apartheid South African metropolis’. African Sociological Review, 9(2): 55-78.  

Naidoo, K. 2005. ‘Reproductive Dynamics in the Context of Domestic Violence and Economic Insecurity’. In Zegeye, A, Harris, R and Lauderdale, P (editors). Globalisation and Post-Apartheid South Africa. Toronto: De Sitter Publications.

Naidoo, K. 2005. 'Urban Poverty, Social Exclusion and Ill-Health: Four Case Studies in the Pretoria Region'. Report for Andrew Mellon Foundation. Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria.

Grobbelaar, J and Naidoo, K. 2005. ‘Race and poverty in the Tshwane metropol’. SA Reconciliation Barometer: Tracking Socio-Political Trends. Institute for Justice and Reconciliation 3(1 / May): 6-7.

Naidoo, K, Matebeni, Z and Pietersen-Snyman, M. 2004.  ‘Complexities and Challenges: Men’s responses to HIV and AIDS in Winterveld, South Africa’. Commonwealth Youth and Development 2(2): 45-62.

Neocosmos, M and Naidoo, K. 2004. ‘A Socio-Economic Profile of Soshanguve with a brief comparison with Sunnyside inner city area’. Report for the Legal Resource Centre. Dept of Sociology, UP.

Naidoo, K. 2002.  ‘Reproductive dynamics in the context of economic insecurity and domestic violence: a South African case study’. Journal of Asian and African Studies 37(3-): 376-400.

Naidoo, K. 2000. ‘Households, gender relations and changing livelihoods in Winterveld’. Multiple Livelihoods and Social Change. Working Paper 13. Manchester: IDPM.

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