Prof Jan du Toit

Jan du Toit is the director of the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. He joined the Department of Industrial Psychology at Stellenbosch University in 1972, and taught consumer psychology, ergonomics, advertising and corporate social investment. He studied at the Universities of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Saarbrucken (Germany), as well as the Cranfield School of Management in England. He has taught at the University of Syracuse (New York) and the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Du Toit is involved in many community development projects. A project in the former Transkei of which he is cofounder and project leader won the prestigious President's Award in 1998. He also received a number of other awards for excellence in community development. One of many highlights of community success is the JL Zwane Centre in Guguletu where he was part of the financing, building and making the project sustainable. Du Toit serves on a technical task team of the South African National AIDS Council and is a strategic board member of the BATSA Signature Trust. He has been the study leader of 28 completed masters theses and 4 doctoral dissertations, and published 20 articles, research and technical reports. His current research interest includes models for community development, best practices in HIV and AIDS management, wellness management and the role of behavioural modelling in preventing HIV infection. Du Toit holds a BA, Honours in Industrial Psychology, an MA and a DPhil, all from Stellenbosch University.