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17 Nov 2021 | HSRC to present the findings of the municipal officials' skills and capacity study

About the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) The HSRC was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to b...

8 Nov 2021 | Collection of National Food and Nutrition Security Survey data will proceed to the North-West province in November

About the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) The HSRC was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to ...

7 Nov 2021 | #BigQuestionsForUBIG: How to defeat poverty and inequality?

South Africa needs a mix of instruments to defeat poverty, inequality and unemployment. One of the most hotly debated instruments in this mix is a Uni...

5 Nov 2021 | HSRC election survey: Voters positive but turnout reflects political disillusionment

The voting public is overwhelmingly confident that the 2021 local government elections were both free and fair, according to the Election Satisfaction...

3 Nov 2021 | Young Graduates and Scholars Conference

ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE:  RETHINKING, REMAKING AND REBUILDING AFRICA Organised jointly by the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human ...

28 Oct 2021 | Call to participate in Study on Benefits of Youth Skills Development and Employment Programmes

The HSRC invites you to participate in a Research Study on the Benefits of Youth Skills Development and Employment Programmes. The Human Science Res...

26 Oct 2021 | UJ/HSRC Covid-19 Democracy Survey

This is the fifth round of the University of Johannesburg (UJ)/Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Covid-19 Democracy Survey. This survey is about ...

20 Oct 2021 | Webinar Series on the Big Questions for Universal Basic Income Guarantee - Can we afford it?

Pretoria, Tuesday 19 October 2021 – The COVID-19 crisis and rising unemployment, poverty and desperation in South Africa has led to a renewed ca...

1 Oct 2021 | Call for abstracts: 8th International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry 2022

Intersectionality offers a framework for understanding how inequalities are experienced, often exponentially. Through this lens we can explore how div...