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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2021 School leadership matters: the importance of emphasis on academic success

School principals are no longer seen only as managers and administrators but are expected to be instructional leaders' - the facilitators of...

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2021 South Africa's Thuma Mina moment: public opinion and political trust in South Africa's COVID-19 response

Effective leadership, state capacity and confidence in government are regarded as factors linked to successful COVID-19 pandemic responses t...

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2020 Twitter and student leadership in South Africa: the case of #FeesMustFall

With the rapid proliferation of social media around the world, social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly bec...

2020 Reflections of South African student leaders: 1994 to 2017

Reflections of South African Student Leaders, 1994 to 2017 is a collection of the reflections of 12 former student leaders who were in posit...