Professor of Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Lochner Marais is a professor of Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State (UFS). He is also an honorary professor at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (University of Queensland, Australia). His research interests include housing policy, small cities and towns (mining and renewable towns and cities) and public health focusing on children.