Prof. Lieketseng Ned

Lieketseng Ned is an Associate Professor and Head of Division of disability and rehabilitation studies in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. She is a lead editor of the Routledge International handbook on disability and global health and her other work is published in accredited and prestigious journals, locally and internationally. She is chairperson of the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre facility board and won the South African Young Women In Science national award in 2024 . Her research interests include disability inclusive health systems, community based rehabilitation, critical disability studies, decolonial health and education and indigenous methodologies.