This event, from 22 to 24 October 2025 is hosted by the HSRC and the National Research Foundation. It aims to foster meaningful partnerships, enhance the co-creation of knowledge, and promote the integration of academic inquiry with society-driven priorities. Engaged research (ER) is increasingly acknowledged as a pillar in fostering multi-sectoral collaboration to generate and disseminate knowledge for impact.
Join us at the upcoming conference, “Engaged research as a pathway to bridging knowledge and society,” where researchers, practitioners, community members, and policymakers will converge to explore innovative approaches to engaged research (ER) that address pressing societal challenges.…
INVITATION The Africa BRICS and Global South (ABGS) Research Unit at the HumanSciences Research Council invites you to an engaging seminar on 17 June2025 at the VCR, HSRC Building with Dr Geoffrey Banda, a Senior Lecturer atthe University of Edinburgh. The seminar will focus on how the…
The UJ School of Communication and the Library, in collaboration with the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) invite you to a book launch: PERFORMING MASCULINITIES: Izikhothane in a South African Township. Performing Masculinities: Izikhothane in a South African Township explores the vibrant and…
Dear AYGS Alumnus We are excited to announce the launch of the AYGS Alumni Office, established in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). This new chapter marks a significant step in strengthening our community of scholars,…
Women 20 (W20) is an official engagement group of the Group of 20 dedicated to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, annually developing consensus-based recommendations to ensure that gender is mainstreamed and included in the G20 leaders discussions and ultimately the Leaders’…
What if a simple shift in how we measure drought could change how we tackle poverty? Join the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) for a timely webinar exploring The Theory of Runs: A Statistical Framework for Drought Analysis and its Implications for…
The HSRC cordially invites you to join our seminar on preventing, managing and resolving electoral conflicts in Africa. Democracy is imperiled in Africa today. This explains in part why contemporary democracy discourse on the continent is by dominated themes like the erosion of democracy (democratic…
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in collaboration with Stellenbosch University cordially invites you to join our webinar exploring the critical link between poverty, inequality, and gender-based violence perpetrated against vulnerable women in South Africa. This online event will take…
In 2016, a team of HSRC researchers visited Vuwani in the Limpopo Province of South Africa shortly after dozens of schools were burned down during violent demarcation protests. In 2024, the researchers returned to conduct a follow-up study as part of an HSRC-commissioned project celebrating 30 years…
The HSRC cordially invites you to join our seminar on the unfolding security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recently, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the longest and most complex conflicts in Africa’s modern history has re-escalated. What began as a political…
The HSRC is pleased to invite you to the launch of A New History of Formal Schooling in South Africa 1658-1910: An education of Contradictions, on the 6th of March 2025 in Cape Town. This book presents the first history of schooling gathered as a single and continuous text since the 1980s. It…
The HSRC, in partnership with the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF), cordially invites you to participate in a high-level diplomatic engagement on Diplomacy at a Glance in Africa Regional and International Relations on 27 February 2025 in Pretoria. This timely engagement aims to provide a platform for…
The HSRC is pleased to invite you to the launch of African Literature and Intellectual Histories: Reflecting on Ntongela Masilela’s Work. The book is about Professor Ntongela Masilela (1948–2020) who is recognised as one of South Africa’s most eminent scholars. Join us to discuss his highly…
The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), in partnership with the CSIR and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), invites you to a virtual webinar/workshop to discuss opportunities and constraints to the uptake of skilled postgraduate students in the South African waste…
