Press Releases

Pretoria, Friday, 22 August 2025 — The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and partners will host a hybrid seminar to officially launch the highly anticipated 2025 Engaged Research Conference and Science Diplomacy Summer School. The launch will…

Mbombela, Friday 28 February 2025 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in collaboration with the University of Mpumalanga (UMP), is proud to host the 19th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) Conference. The conference will take…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Southern Africa, April 23, 2024 – Following the devastating impact of the El Niño phenomenon on Southern Africa’s agriculture and food systems and plunging millions into a dire humanitarian crisis, stakeholders from leading…

Pretoria, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 – As a buildup to the 18th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) Conference, the Human Sciences Research Council’s Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) is hosting a series of online masterclasses from…

Human Sciences Research Council Pretoria, Monday, 11 September 2023 – The Human Sciences Research Council’s Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) invite members of the media to the second…

Human Sciences Research Council Pretoria, Monday, 26 June 2023 –The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has published a new study on human trafficking in South Africa, which is now available nationwide. The author, Prof Philip Frankel, has…

Human Sciences Research Council Pretoria, Thursday, 4 May 2023 – Sudan, one of the continent’s most populous countries, situated at the confluence between North and Sub-Saharan Africa, is on the verge of implosion. According to media reports,…

Pretoria, Monday 6 March 2023 – The Human Sciences Research Council’s (HSRC) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) invites members of the media to the opening of the 17th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars Conference (AYGS) to be held at the…