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Dr. Rika Swanzen
Deputy Dean - Research
Research Interests
- Social network analysis / community profiling
- Ecometrics (measuring person-environment fit)
Brief Bio
Dr. Rika Swanzen is the Deputy Dean of Research at the Independent Institute of Education.
From 2015-2018 Rika held the position of Adjunct Associate Professor with the Caulfield campus of Monash University in Australia and from mid-2016 to mid-2022 she served as ministerial appointee on the South African Council for Social Service Professions, to represent education and training.
Swanzen served as one of the main editors of the Relational Child and Youth Care Practice journal from 2015 to 2022 and was a member of the scientific committee for the 2021 ASASWEI conference, while acting as session chair for various international and national conferences.
Dr. Swanzen authored 24 peer reviewed publications and delivered 28 conference presentations from 2007 to 2023. Her citation score at January 2024 is 295 with an h-index of 7 and an i10-index of 5.
While managing various academic departments since 2010, she developed curriculum, lectured, supervised and externally examined postgraduate students.