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ReimagineSA

• We The People

Internationalisation in collaboration with the Advancement Office

• Rutgers University

Social Impact in collaboration with the Advancement Office

• Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

Academic publications

• Buys, B.R. (2018). Brugbouers. Die Reitz-video en die pad na versoening. [Bridgebuilders. The Reitz-video and the road the reconciliation.] Cape Town: Penguin Random House.
• Buys, B.R. (2017). A phenomenological reading of the racial knowledge and identities of student leaders engaged in reconciliation. Doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State.
• Costa, B.B. & Buys, B.R. (2016). Pedagogy of ‘Migrance’: a South African case study. In Mazza, D. & Norões, K. (eds) Educação e Migraçoes Internas e Internacionais.
• Buys, B.R. (2008). Litmus test or catalyst; vanguard or vandals, in Dames, G. (ed.) Ethical Leadership. Bellville: University of the Western Cape.
• Buys, B.R. (2008). Bringing youth development into the mainstream. In Reconciliation Barometer, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Vol. 6. University of Cape Town.

Conference papers (Selected)

• Buys, B.R. (2018). Knowledge at the margins: engaging students as curriculum workers, World Conference, World Education Research Association, Cape Town, SA.
• Buys, B.R. & Haffajee, F. (2018). The State of Play at the margins, Current findings on co-curriculum and Student success at the DUT, Siyaphumelela Conference, Johannesburg.
• Buys, B.R. (2018). Preconference Workshop: Knowledge at the Margins: Leveraging Co-Curriculum for Decolonization. Annual Conference, Comparative and International Education Society.
• Buys, B.R. & Haffajee, F. (2018). Co-curriculum and Decolonizing Higher Education, a South African Perspective. Conference for General Education and Assessment: Foundations for Democracy. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Philadelphia, PA.
• Buys, B.R. & Haffajee, F. (2017). Preconference Workshop: Knowledge at the margins: co-curriculum and transformation, HELTASA Annual Conference, Durban.
• Buys, B.R. (2017). Students negotiating racial biographies on former white campuses, Annual Conference, Comparative International Education Society, Atlanta, USA.
• Buys, B.R. (2015). “I struggle a lot to be free”, A phenomenological reading of the racial knowledge and identities of student leaders engaged in reconciliation, Research and Inquiry Conference, UCLA Education and Information Studies, Los Angeles.
• Buys, B.R. & Wahl, W.P. (2014). Student Life Colleges at the University of the Free State, Creating a model for Student Success, The Collegiate Way Conference, Durham University, Durham.
• Buys, B.R. (2012). Between the POW and Reitz: a narrative of four generations of white Afrikaner men, a narrative inquiry and auto-ethnographic reflection on intergenerational trauma and forgiveness. Conference Engaging the Other: Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Repetition, Bloemfontein.
• Buys, B.R. and Bell, D. (2011). Transforming racialized legacies through student leadership, annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Montreal.
• Buys, BR. (2011). Constructing post-conflict democracy on campus: a case study of transformation of student governance and political engagement as post-conflict intervention. A preliminary assessment applying a grounded theory perspective, 3^rd African Student Affairs Conference, Bloemfontein.
• Buys, B.R. (2009). Rhythm and Rootedness: Young people and African identity in the 21^st Century, Africa Institute SA/SAAPS Symposium.
• Buys, B.R. (2008). Vanguard or vandals? Youth and ethical leadership, Youth and Ethical Leadership, Seboka (Conference) on Higher Education and Ethical Leadership, Global Perspectives in a Southern African context, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch.
• Buys, B.R. (2007). From Dakar to decolonization: A youth response to 1987, Stellenbosch University DAKAR Conference, US Bellville Park Campus, Bellville.
• Buys, B.R. (2006). Between “want-to” and “getting-there”, Youth and restorative practice, Conference on Social Justice and Healing, Uniting Reformed Church and the Beyers Naude Centre for Public Theology,

Media (selected)

• (2015) Universities need vibrant student affairs officers to drive transformation, Mail & Guardian Thoughtleader. Retrieve at http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/rudibuys/2015/05/21/universities-need-vibrant-student-affairs-officers-to-drive-transformation/.
• (2014) Student aspirations key to change, Mail & Guardian Education. Retrieve at http://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-29-student-aspirations-key-to-change.
• (2014) Residence traditions are a hangover from a discarded era, Mail & Guardian Education. Retrieve at http://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-25-residence-traditions-are-a-hangover-from-a-discarded-era.
• (2014) Lectures alone are not enough, Mail & Guardian Education. Retrieve at http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-14-lectures-alone-are-not-enough.