Motsoalle e haufi-ufi oa mofu Steve Biko, Cooper o bapetse likarolo tsa boetapele ntoeng e khahlano le apareteiti mafelong a lilemo tsa bo-1960 hammoho le ho fihla ha demokrasi Afrika Boroa (SA) ho tloha mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1990. O ile a thibeloa le ho koalloa ka tlung le ho koalloa teronkong lilemo tse 9 - a qeta tse 5 sebakeng se le seng sa Robben Island le Nelson Mandela - o ile a phatlalatsoa e le 'lehlatsipa la tlōlo e feteletseng ea litokelo tsa botho' ke SA's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Ke moithuti oa Liunivesithi tsa SA, Witwatersrand le Boston, moo a fumaneng PhD ea hae ea Clinical/Community Psychology e le Fulbright. Fellow.
Molulasetulo oa pele oa Motho e Motšo oa Boto ea Taolo ea Litsebi tsa Saekholoji Lekhotleng la Litsebi tsa Bophelo bo Botle la SA, Cooper e bile Motlatsi oa Mopresidente oa pele eo e seng oa bongaka/oa meno. E ne e le Motlatsa-Chancellor wa Yunibesithi ya Durban-Westville, e ne e le Motlatsi wa Moporesidente wa ISSC bakeng sa Tlhahisoleseding le Dikgokahanyo mme e le modulasetulo wa Boto ya SA ICSU. Motho e mong wa mekgatlo ya SA, India, British le Irish psychological societies le moamohedi wa mangolo a mangata a matjhaba a qotsitsweng le dikgau, o na le dithwalo tsa boporofesa Diyunibesithing tsa Pretoria le Stellenbosch. Ke setho ea Komiti ea ISC ea Tokoloho & Boikarabello ho Saense (CFRS), Mopresidente oa Nakong e fetileng oa Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Saense ea Kelello (IUPsyS) le Mopresidente ea thehileng oa Pan-African Psychology Union.
Leqephe le ntlafalitsoe ka May 2024.