Dr Cornel Malan has been involved in research-related activities for the past 25 years. As such, prepared and presented various research papers at various local and international conferences regarding mining, public governance, leadership, railway safety and more recently in HR Management. During her professional career, she has also been responsible for work on mining transformation, as well as publication of Annual reports and Annual State of Safety Reports. Cornel has done ground-breaking research work in conjunction with the University of Pretoria and University of Stellenbosch on matters pertaining to Railway Safety Management and Sustainable Maintenance.