Gender, Ageing & Intergenerationality

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Speakers: Janine Hicks (Agenda Board) Prof Vasu Reddy & Dr Nadia Sanger (HSRC) Prof Monde Makiwane & Dr Catherine Ndinda (HSRC) Gabrielle Le Roux (Artist) Prof Tamara Shefer (UWC) Date: 12 November 2013 Time: 12H00 – 14H00 Ageing is an inescapable experience of being human. Veneration…

Skills for Work and Life: Towards a Transformative Approach

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presenter: Professor Simon McGrath, Director: Integrating Global Societies Priority Area, University of NottinghamDate: 5 November 2013Time: 12:15 for 12:30 – 14:00 Download the full audio recording of this seminar [Please note: audio files are large and may take a while to download]…

Transformative alternatives: opportunities and conflicts in socio-technical transitions. The case of cotton production in Argentina

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presenter: Dr Valeria Arza, CONICET – CENIT/UNTREF, Argentina.Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación (Research Centre for Transformation)Tres de…

The association between self-reported stigma and loss-to-follow-up in treatment eligible HIV positive adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presenter: Dr. Michael Evangeli, Royal Holloway University of LondonDate: 30 October 2013Time: 12:15 for 12:30-13:30 Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) (non-attendance at scheduled clinic visits) in HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is important among those eligible for ART, given the risk of…

Public attitudes towards immigration: The case of BRICS

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presenters: Dr Ke Yu and Mr Steven Gordon, Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery, Human Sciences Research CouncilDate: 29 October 2013Time: 13:15 for 13:30 – 14:30 Among the BRICS countries (a growing force in international affairs), India, Russia, and South Africa are traditional…

Documenting the legacy of South Africa’s liberation struggle: The National Liberation Heritage Route

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presenters:  Gregory Houston, Nedson Pophiwa, Kombi Sausi, Siphesihle Dumisa and Dineo Seabe,  Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery Group, Human Sciences Research Council Date: 9 October 2013Time: 12:15  for 12:30 – 14:00 The South African National Heritage Council (NHC)…

Media briefing: SA national health and nutrition survey

Events

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

The CEO of the HSRC, Prof Olive Shisana and the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi invite you to attend a media briefing at the offices of the HSRC, where the results of the first South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1) will be released. View the media…

Developing Effective Policies for Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presented by Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, California,  USA South Africa is one of a number of developing countries which have experienced an upsurge in binge drinking and alcohol-related illness, crime and…

So, where do you think you come from? Genetic Heritage and Reconstructing the Past through DNA

Seminars

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities)

Presented by Prof Himla Soodyall, Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Unit, NHLS and Wits University Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities: see below) Date: 21 September 2012 Time: 12H15 – 14H00    Most of us can name our…