Our Members

Full membership to the IDM is for researchers who are fully committed to conducting their research in the IDM, preferably accommodated in the IDM complex, for 5-year terms, which are renewable.

Associate membership to the IDM is for up-and-coming researchers fully committed to conducting their research in the IDM, who fulfil certain criteria, for 3-year terms, which are renewable.

The purpose of this category of membership is to support the career-pathing of early- and intermediate-level researchers through association with the IDM and its community of scholars.

Affiliate membership is for researchers based at UCT, elsewhere than in the IDM complex, who seek supplementary membership of the IDM because their research interests align with the general focus and current activity areas of the IDM, for t

Adjunct membership is for researchers employed by other institutions who collaborate with IDM Members to the extent that some of their own staff and/or postgraduate students may work within the IDM; for 3-year terms, which are renewable.