Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
Or use the search facility below, to browse through the HSRC's research outputs:
Research data: IDENTITY
2022 Leadership and identity in pre-colonial African contexts: a retrospective account
...
Download this report2021 Ontological well-being and the effects of race in South Africa
The concept of ontological insecurity draws attention to uncertainty, instability, and threats to autonomy, as these relate to people' s ide...
2020 Knowing and being: living our learning about "race"
This short reflection works with the question of knowing and the implications of knowing for how we live our lives. Its particular concern i...
2020 Identity, inequality and social contestation in the post-aparthied South Africa
Ethnicity in Africa dates back centuries. It evolves in response to the challenges and opportunities provided by geography and demography. I...