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11/03/2014
Studying professions in shifting occupational contexts - Exploring symbolic boundaries in mechatronics
14/03/2014
Understanding labour demand in South Africa, and the importance of data sources
24/03/2014
Feminist Dialogue "Who's afraid of Feminism? The State of Gender Equality 20 years after the Democratic Transition"
25/03/2014
Thoughts on African content and implementation strategies involved in ICT access in (rural) Africa
31/03/2014
Informality in the South African labour market in context: indicators of the limits to evidence-based research?
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Sustainability hearings:
The voices of ordinary Africans

The HSRC, with the financial assistance of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) implemented in 2012/13 the project 'A Global Dialogue on Sustainable Development: Rio+20 Earth Summit'. Through participatory research a platform was provided for a number of communities, including the African voices within South Africa, to have their thoughts and concerns heard about sustainability issues, the environment and their attempts to sustain their own development.

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28 February 2014 | R&D Survey Statistical Report now also available

The HSRC's Centre for Science and Technology Indicators (CeSTII) has released the statistical report to accompany the latest national R&D Survey.....

21 February 2014 | Local languages for Global Citizenship: Spotlight on Science

An NGO, Literacy and Basic Adult Education (LABE), working in the North West Nile and Northern Uganda after 30 years of civil conflict, including the ....

18 February 2014 | EPD Masters intern acknowledged as leader of her generation and country

Makale Ngwenya, an intern in the HSRC’s Economic Performance and Development Research Programme, has been selected by One Young World as a suita....

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