Dr Sylvester Bongani Maphosa

DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
TELEPHONE: 012 302 2000
EMAIL: smaphosa@hsrc.ac.za

Sylvester Bongani Maphosa ? is Chief Research Specialist in Peace and Sustainable Security (PaSS) sub-division of the Developmental, Capable and Ethical States division in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in Pretoria. He is an NRF-Rated researcher, a Fulbright Fellow, and Professor Adjunct; he holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies (2009); an MA in Peace and Governance (2005); a B.Ed. in Environmental Sciences (2002); a Diploma in Education (1992); with extensive field experience in research, government, higher education, non-government, community-based work; and, leading programmes. His research interests include conflict prevention, community-based peacebuilding, human security and development, capacity building for peace, and, evaluation of peacebuilding in violently divided societies ? in which he has published extensively.

Recent

Building resilience to prevent filicide: Exploring availability and acceptability of preventative and response multi-sectoral services for families experiencing adversity in South Africa

The aim of the study is to explore the perceptions of various role in institutions responsible for prevention of and response to family violence on th....

Social Intergration of immigrants in South African local Muncipalities

To analyse institutional coordination for social integration of immigrants using the District Development Model (DDM) and taking into account the soci....

Socioeconomic Analysis of Electronic Monitoring in the offender management system of Department of Correctional Services

Report: Comprehensive socioeconomic analysis of EM covering legislative, operational, sociological and financial perspectives ....

Advancing human security agenda for development through resilience-building and risk reduction

The aim of this study is to facilitate strengthening disaster risk resilience by improving coordination mechanisms through developing impact-based ear....