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: TOWNS
2021 Tackling urban cores: development zones to innovation districts?
In 2000, democratic local authorities were established across South Africa, replacing transitional local councils which had been set up in 1...
2021 Burnt edges, looted malls: insurgency and suburban nationalism
In 2003, Ivor Chipkin (2003) published a study which found that the provision of improved physical infrastructure (taps, housing, new school...
2021 Digital citizenship: student internet access and online learning
In her writing of the position of youth in contemporary Africa, Alcinda Honwana (2012) has argued that most of the youth on the continent ar...
2021 Creating sticky places: occupy urbanism, digital heritage and decolonisation
The dominant perspective on smart-city planning is that it offers technical solutions to everyday urban problems through optimisation and ef...