Honorary Professor Lochner Marais

Honorary Professor

CSRM

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Lochner Marais is a Professor of Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support (University of the Free State). His research interests span three interconnected themes; housing policy, small urban areas (including secondary cities, mining towns and their economies) and public health. While he investigates each of these themes independently, his primary focus is on integrating them.

Lochner has authored, co-authored and compiled more than 200 research reports, including more than 130 refereed articles in peer-reviewed journals or books (100 journal articles, 29 chapters in books and three inclusions in conference proceedings). He has also co-edited six books. In the past six years, he has been the PI or Co-PI of research grants totalling R20 million.

Publications

Book (1)

Journal Articles (14)

Book

Van Assche, Kristof, Gruezmacher, Monica, Marais, Lochner and Perez-Sindin, Xaquin (2024). Resource communities: past legacies and future pathways. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003332145

Journal Articles

Ndaguba, Emeka and Marais, Lochner (2024). A scientometric analysis of mine closure research. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26 (11), 27787-27803. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-03785-x

Marais, Lochner, Matebesi, Sethulego and van der Watt, Phia (2024). Social licensing and dependencies: implications for mine closure in South Africa. Resources Policy, 95 105120, 105120. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105120

Mirzania, Pegah, Gordon, Joel A., Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye, Sayan, Ramazan Caner and Marais, Lochner (2023). Barriers to powering past coal: implications for a just energy transition in South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science, 101 103122. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103122

Ntema, John, Marais, Lochner, Cloete, Jan and Lenka, Molefi (2023). Mine closure in Matjhabeng in the Free State goldfields, South Africa: Implications for households. Extractive Industries and Society, 14 101257, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101257

Sesele, Kentse and Marais, Lochner (2023). Mine closure, women, and crime in Matjhabeng, South Africa. Geographical Research, 61 (1), 18-31. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12563

Mabele, Bernard, Marais, Lochner, Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye, Mirzania, Pegah, Mbobo, Babalwa, van der Watt, Phia, Cloete, Jan and Venter, Anita (2023). Renewable energy, social disruption and formalising the social licence to operate in South Africa. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31 (1), 331-343. doi: 10.1002/csr.2572

Marais, Lochner, Cloete, Jan and Lenka, Molefi (2022). The plight of mining cities in South Africa: planning for growth and closure. Cities, 130 103965, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103965

Marais, Lochner, Ndaguba, Emeka, Mmbadi, Elelwani, Cloete, Jan and Lenka, Molefi (2022). Mine closure, social disruption, and crime in South Africa. Geographical Journal, 188 (3), 383-400. doi: 10.1111/geoj.12430

Owen, J. R., Kemp, D. and Marais, L. (2021). The cost of mining benefits: Localising the resource curse hypothesis. Resources Policy, 74 102289, 102289. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102289

Marais, Lochner, Owen, John R, Kotzѐ, Tina, Nel, Petrus, Cloete, Jan and Lenka, Molefi (2021). Determinants of place attachment among mineworkers: evidence from South Africa. Extractive Industries and Society, 8 (3) 100943, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.100943

Sesele, Kentse, Marais, Lochner and van Rooyen, Deidre (2021). Women and mine closure: A case study of policy in South Africa. Resources Policy, 72 102059, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102059

Crous, Cornelie, Owen, John R., Marais, Lochner, Khanyile, Samkelisiwe and Kemp, Deanna (2021). Public disclosure of mine closures by listed South African mining companies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28 (3), 1032-1042. doi: 10.1002/csr.2103

Marais, Lochner, Nel, Verna, Rani, Kholisa, van Rooyen, Deidré, Sesele, Kentse, van der Watt, Phia and du Plessis, Lyndon (2021). Economic transitions in South Africa’s secondary cities: Governing mine closures. Politics and Governance, 9 (2), 381-392. doi: 10.17645/pag.v9i2.4032

Marais, Lochner and de Lange, Anri (2021). Anticipating and planning for mine closure in South Africa. Futures, 125 102669. doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102669