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:

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Research data: INNOVATION

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2010 Low-income countries and innovation studies: a review of recent literature

This is a review of the literature on innovation in the world's poorest countries, published between 1997 and 2008. It asks what role innov...

2010 How do universities develop interactive capabilities to promote social innovation and development in South Africa?

Current debate aims to reconceptualise the changing role and missions of the university in development, and to research the ways in which un...

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2009 Learning by firms: the black box of South Africa's innovation system

South Africa designed its post-Apartheid science and technology policies in the mould of the national innovation system approach. Yet policy...