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’…
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, 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…
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.…
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 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…
This session will present the groundbreaking findings of the first national study on the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) in all nine provinces of South Africa. The report delves into the prevalence of various forms of violence, including Physical, sexual, emotional, and economic violence,…
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) cordially invites you to a discussion on accelerating food systems transformation in Africa at the Science Forum South Africa 2024, which will take place at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria on 2 December 2024 from 9:00–12:30. The event will be hosted by the…
The HSRC cordially invites you to join our seminar on South African Perceptions on the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on 27 November 2024 at the Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa. Over the past two decades, FOCAC has become an important platform for collective dialogue between China…
