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: PROTEST MOVEMENTS
2019 A review of spaces of local participation to promote service delivery in South Africa
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local level which often results in poor service de...
2018 Factors that contribute to student protests at a South African university
No one could have foretold that the soiling of the Cecil John Rhodes statue with human excrement at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Mar...
2017 Life after judgment: the Nokotyana case re-examined
The progressive realisation of socio-economic rights as enshrined in South Africa's Constitution remains a pipe dream for many poor and vuln...
2017 Protest blues: public opinion on the policing of protest in South Africa
The policing response to rising protest action in the country has received increased attention in the last decade. This is particularly owin...