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Does moving to a city mean a better life? New evidence

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Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

The Human Science Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Afri...
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HSRC Imonti Modern book presented to Arts and Culture Minister

A new HSRC book, Imonti Modern: Picturing the Life and Times of a South African ...
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Research Areas

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa's statutory research agency, conducts research that generates critical and independent knowledge relative to all aspects of human and social development.

Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery
Economic Performance and Development
Education and Skills Development
HIV, AIDS, STIs and Tuberculosis
Human and Social Development
Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation
Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators
Africa Institute of South Africa
Research outputs

The HSRC provides access to Research Outputs created by HSRC researchers since 2000.

Traditional and alternative therapy for mental illness in Jamaica: patients' conceptions and practitioners' attitudes
Alcohol consumption among HIV-positive pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: prevalence and correlates
Channels of interaction in health biotechnology networks in South Africa: who benefits and how?
Projects

The HSRC conducts large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies.

Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) a DHET-funded project with HSRC's ESD unit heading the research consortium
South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
South African HIV/AIDS Behavioural Risks, Sero-Status, and Mass Media Impact Survey (SABSSM)
Family Foundations
The Evaluation of the MOLTENO Project
Mental health: round table discussion

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18 April 2018 | Does moving to a city mean a better life? New evidence

Moving to a city in search of work seems to pay off for many poor people in the countryside. Data that track changes over time indicate that as many a....

23 March 2018 | Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

The Human Science Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), in collaboration with the University of South Africa’....

20 March 2018 | HSRC Imonti Modern book presented to Arts and Culture Minister

A new HSRC book, Imonti Modern: Picturing the Life and Times of a South African Location by Leslie Bank (EPD) and Mxolisi Qebeyi, a community activist....

Non-conforming gender identities

This study set out to compare the experiences of self-identifying gender non-conforming youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, and qu....

African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and Communities

The aim of this project is to identify and celebrate indigenous and evolving male and female same-sex sexual practices, identities and communities in ....

Partnerships and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa in the era of HIV and antiretroviral treatment

The overall aims of this project are to investigate the relationships between partnership, cohabitation, sexual behaviours and HIV risk in South Afric....

Formulating a scientific culture in South Africa

By definition the term science culture refers to the degree in which a society engages with science. It showcases a country's historical, social, cult....

Grandparenting in southern Africa: what the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see

The scope of this chapter is limited to the Southern African region with a special focus on South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The main t....

The secret art of the Bambui Royal Treasury, Western Grassfields, Cameroon.

The cultural security officers, Bechin- toh, of the Bambui Kingdom initiated the author of this chapter into the kwifor, one of the most secret regula....

HSRC to collaborate with Angola's Development Workshop to look at building sustainable cities

Pretoria, Friday 23 March 2018 – Amidst optimism about the growth and developmental trajectory of the country, remain the intractable challenges....

Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

Pretoria, Thursday 22 March 2018 – The Human Science Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), in collaboration w....

HSRC's study on Vuwani yields lessons for citizen engagement and social cohesion

Pretoria, Tuesday 20 March 2018 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) today released the result....

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Does moving to a city mean a better life? New evidence

Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

HSRC Imonti Modern book presented to Arts and Culture Minister

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Social cohesion: The missing link in overcoming violence and inequality?

18 April 2018 | Does moving to a city mean a better life? New evidence

23 March 2018 | Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

20 March 2018 | HSRC Imonti Modern book presented to Arts and Culture Minister

Non-conforming gender identities

African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and Communities

Partnerships and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa in the era of HIV and antiretroviral treatment

Formulating a scientific culture in South Africa

Grandparenting in southern Africa: what the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see

The secret art of the Bambui Royal Treasury, Western Grassfields, Cameroon.

HSRC to collaborate with Angola's Development Workshop to look at building sustainable cities

Eminent African scholar, Dr Ibbo Mandaza to deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture

HSRC's study on Vuwani yields lessons for citizen engagement and social cohesion

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BRICS Summit 2018

First SA study looking at HIV prevalence in transgender women

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