Hamsa Venkatakrishnan

Research

Hamsa Venkat’s research is in the area related to primary mathematics teaching and learning. She has collaborated with teams of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers on the design, implementation and taking to scale of interventions showing promise. Impacts on learning and experiences of teaching in the course of these interventions have both been studied in Hamsa’s work.

Biography

Hamsa Venkat began her career as a high school mathematics teacher in London comprehensive schools. She moved into mathematics teacher education in London, alongside completing a Masters and doctoral study at King’s College London, and continued with this work following a move to the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She holds the SA Numeracy Chair, focused on research and development in primary mathematics. She has published widely in primary mathematics education, and serves on the Editorial Boards of several journals. She has worked extensively on research capacity building within the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, including her tenure as SAARMSTE President from 2020-22.