Affiliation
Research Student/Internship Student, North-West University, South Africa

Address
Private Bag X6001, Box 206, Department of Psychology, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa

Contact
Tel: +27182991745
Fax: +27182991730
E-mail: Pieter.Greeff@nwu.ac.za

Biosketch
Mr. Pieter Greeff obtained a B.Comm (Financial Accounting), a BA Honors in Psychology and a Port-Graduate Certificate in Education [PGCE] from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2006 he joined the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus, School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, to further his studies and registered as a registered counselor with the Health Professions Council of South Africa [HPCSA] in 2007. Pieter participated in various interdisciplinary research projects. He is currently completing his internship as a part of his MA Research psychology degree after which he would be able to register with the Board of Psychology as a Research Psychologist. He has also lectured social, forensic and health psychology to pre-graduate students at the North-West University. Pieter also does pro bono counseling in his time off.

Key research/capacity building interests

Research interests
• Interpersonal communication
• Action Research
• Personal interviewing

Capacity building interests
• Networking skills development
• Lecturing in psychology on pre-graduate level
• Project management
• Leadership and Personnel development in NGO Management structures

Key methodological skills
Experience in Qualitative and Quantitative research methodologies.

Current/planned research
• Socio-economic situation of Older persons in South Africa

Current engagement in capacity building
• Development of resource database for AFRAN members.