Dr Sibongile Sibongile Ngcobo
Integrated bio-behavioural surveillance (IBBS) Lesotho survey
To conduct round three intergrated BIO-behavioural surveillance (IBBS) survey....
Violence impacts in the lives of trans and gender diverse persons
To explore how various forms of violence impacts the lives of trans and gender diverse persons in eight Southern Africa countries namely: Botswana, Na....
Ending suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people
Ending suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people, and it carries out this mission through provid....
The Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS Phase Two Strategy
Review of fatherhood programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa towards the SU Hilton Foundation project titled, The Young Children Affected by HIV and....
White Paper on Families (2021)
Revision of White Paper on Families in South Africa (2021)....
Stigma Index
To measure the level of stigma and discrimination experienced by PLHIV and KVPs in 12 districts across the province of Gauteng, the Western Cape, Nort....
The Knowledge Hub
The Knowledge Hub aims at facilitating knowledge uptake for the achievement of regional development, greater social inclusion and equality for all. Th....
Gender, Youth and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Knowledge Hub
Gender, Youth and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Knowledge Hub....
Ward-based case studies of vaccine hesitancy and the COVID-19 response in South Africa
Ward-based case studies of vaccine hesitancy and the COVID-19 response in South Africa....
UNESCO Global voice on comprehensive sexuality education (CSE
Under the supervision of staff from UNESCO???s Section for Health and Education, the consultant will support UNESCO in its work as the leading global ....
IAM networks innovative youth education & enhanced leadership project
SLA recognizes the experience and expertise of all partners involved to bring about positive transformational change that creates safer and more inclu....
Understanding impact of fathers engagement on early child development
Grant funds will be used over one year to understand the impact of fathers engagement on early child development....
South African Review & Analysis of individual, Social and Structural Drivers of HIV
20-029 South African Review & Analysis of individual, Social and Structural Drivers of HIV....
New parental leave in the South Africa South Attitudes Survey - SASAS Module
To include 5 paternity leave questions in the SASAS module, analyze the 5 paternity leave questions in the SASAS module and to present the descriptiv....
Individual, social and structural drivers of HIV in adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa
This review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The scope of this review is to assess ....
Sina Khumalo - COE grant
COE bursary funding....
Your Voice, Your Choice: democratic dialogues
For the young people enrolled, the aim is to demonstrate individual and collective agency by hosting dialogues for and by youth in schools, in faith b....
New parental leave policy in SA Attitudes Survey
New parental leave policy in SA Attitudes Survey for the inclusion of 5 new questions on the new parental leave to care of his child....
Studying while Black Dissemination activities
Dissemination activities for the Race Education and emancipation in SA universities....
Senior Scientific Collaboration on the Malezi II Early Child Development Program Evaluation Study
The goal of this collaboration between Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is to support....
Monde Makiwane - United Nations
A consultancy to conduct an assignment located in the Social Development Policy Division (SDPD). Focusing on the four pillar for harnessing the demog....
Finn Reygan Amplify Change
Engaging civil society in rolling out SRHR education across Eastern and Southern Africa.....
Finn Reygan Office of the Premier
Conduct research on the impact of poverty, unemployment and inequality on the LGBTIQ+Other community in the Gauteng Province.....
Adam Cooper - WITS
A project consuling on the project "Reconceptualising poetry education in South African Classrooms through infusing indigenous poetry texts and practi....
Adam Cooper - REAL: WITS
Provide technical support to the Centre for Reseaching Education and Labour for its project on inequality in education.....
A protocol to evaluate the I am intervention aimed at interrupting underage drinking in South Africa
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the I am intervention using a mixed methods approach. For the quantitative component, we will use a non-ex....
MMakiwane Evaluation Study on Older Persons
Produce an Evaluation Study on Older Persons Services within the Gauteng City Region.....
Longitudinal Study of local councillor performance in urban municipalities
Conducting qualitative interviews and follow-up visits with four ward councillors in low service delivery wards of eThekwini municipality using instru....
MISTRA - M.Alubafi
The drafting of a research chapter for the research project - the arts and national development....
Positive vibe -Dr F Reygan
Voice -Learning from innovation (LFI) initiative....
Mobilising language, culture and tradition (SOGIESC)
Mobilising, language, culture and tradition in transforming beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity, expression and sex characteristics (....
Promoting a nourishing environment for early childhood development with improved relationships community workforce and primary caregivers
Care for Child Development (CCD) has been shown to effectively provide caregivers with education to enable them to provide a nurturing, stimulating ca....
Insika Yomama Project (Joint Global Health Trials)
the aim is to conduct a cluster RCT to test an integrated home-based intervention programme that jointly treats depression and enhances parenting. The....
A multidimensional understanding of wellbeing to address poverty and inequality in South Africa: A historical, methodological and practical approach
We propose a medium to long term programme of research that develops a critical and multidimensional understanding of wellbeing to address poverty and....
NRF Funding for rated Researchers - Tamsen Rochat
NRF incentive funding for rated researchers T Rochat....
Agreement for Student of Fellowship Support Ms Ntombizonke Gumede
This is an agreement to define the term for bursary funding for the COE-Human Development.....
COE Candice - Exploring the outcomes and support needs of parents affected by adolescent substance abuse
In the current study I intend to explicitly recruit mothers and fathers who do not necessarily have to form part of the same family. In order to under....
COE Tawanda - DadConnect: Promoting father involvement in pregnancy and the postnatal period to enhance early stimulation and child development in 2017
the project proposes to build on existing scholarship and extend scholarly networks on father involvement in their childrens lives from early in preg....
Age Validation of the Early Learning and Development Standards for the Ministry of Education and Training in Lesotho
To conduct with scientific rigour an age validation of the Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) for the Ministry of Education in Lesotho. ....
Development of a participant engagement and exit tool for a pilot study of an integrated ECD in Malawi
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that the parent-child relationship, in particular responsive sensitive care in the first 1000 days of life i....
Management support grant from COE - Chris Desmond
CoE-HUMAN Support Grants for Management Committee Members in the Lead Investigator Group The Support Grants are intended to enable direct involvement ....
Seed Funding Candice Rule Exploring The outcomes and support needs of parents affected by adolescent substance abuse
Adolescent substance misuse and abuse are complex public health concerns that are escalating worldwide (Schafer, 2011; Smith & Estefan, 2014). Althoug....
Amagugu Clinical Trial
To complete an additional follow up round with 464 participants in the Amagugu Trial....
Media and Rural Development in South Africa: Media access and use in Limpopo
Using preliminary findings from a pilot study on media access and use in one Limpopo Village funded by HSD seed money, we would like to expand the stu....
Conduct disorders, executive function and parenting in South African children
Globally, conduct disorders (CD) are a common, and concerning psychological disorder in children, given associations with adult antisocial behaviour. ....
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development - Dr MF Alubafi
An agreement got research funding between the CoE - Human Development and Mathias Fubah Alubafi for the project entitled, DST - Science Forum attendan....
NRF Grant for 2016: Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers (IPRR) Prof Makiwane
The Grant holder obtained a level C3 Rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF)....
Programmatic guidelines for the effective implementation of interventions to improve the developmental outcomes of young children affected by HIV and AIDS
Generate and disseminate an evidence base for effective and feasible interventions to improve the developmental outcomes of young children affected by....
COE Funding Ingrid Lynch
Consolidating evidence and generating scholarly dialogue around queer citizenship and belonging in South Africa Area of work: The proposed work on que....
HSD Cape Town office Adhoc account
HSD Cape Town office Adhoc Account....
Emergent Properties and the social determinants of HIV:
To examine the potential to use emergent properties to explain variance in self-reported risk behaviour (and if already being collected, HIV status) a....
The Ibhayi Lengane pilot study
The primary aim of the pilot study is to test the acceptability and feasibility of the Ibhayi Lengane program as an add-on to existing DOH services. T....
Evaluation of the Skillz Street Plus project
The main aim of the evaluation is therefore to use qualitative research to assess the relative success of the project, which aimed to: Improve the a....
COE Grant - Tamsen Rochat
for Mental disorders, executive function and children's development....
COE grant or fellowship for Adam Cooper
My doctoral work, which I am currently attempting to publish during an NRF funded one year post-doc abroad in New York (that ends in July 2015), as we....
Development of an investment case for Early Childhood Development in South Africa
Requires a cost benefit analyses, and cost-of-inaction analyses (which may include an ex ante estimation of returns) in developing a solid case for....
Understanding Homelessness in Durban
Provide a comprehensive description of the scale and nature of homelessness in central Durban. Conduct a comprehensive literature review of internatio....
The Symbols We Want: Documenting and Assessing the Impact of Symbols in a Transformative State
Context One of the most challenging problems in South Africa nowadays is how to convince the population and students in particular that historical sta....
COE student or fellowship support Dr Alude Mahali
This proposal roughly outlines the beginning of an imagined far-reaching and significant research programme that principally investigates the ways in ....
Victim Satisfaction Survey
To assess the level of satisfaction/dissatisfaction by victims of crime and violence on the services provided by the Criminal Justice System (CJS) dep....
COE student or fellowship support - Stanley Molefi
Bursary funding from Centre of Excellence to PhD intern. Mr Stanley Molefi....
Modelling Child Development: attempting the impossible to better understand the possible
Building models of child development to accurately predict what child outcomes will be given a particular context and child is impossible. This howeve....
Moral-eyes Coming to see personal privilege and positionalities in diverse issues of social justice
The intention of the study is offer a model for how moral education might be done using a research as intervention approach. Ultimately it aims to per....
Early Childhood Household Stimulation Project
The TOR goes on to operationalise this goal in three objectives, namely: Increase the number of children between the ages 0-5 that receive physical, c....
Impact evaluation of the Kwanele communities
The aim of the programme evaluation is to assess the extent to which and how the interventions have: improved access, retention and attainment of girl....
Lives and Times: Children in South African families
This book will focus on the everyday socialization of children in Africa, particularly black children within families in South Africa.There is current....
Adhoc - Chris Desmond
Adhoc projects for Chris Desmond....
Family matters: Socio-Cultural perspectives on same-gendered families in SA
This project is aimed at stimulating research on the topic of same-gendered families in South Africa and generating networks and collaboration around ....
Navigational capacities in contexts of adversity Establishing a consortium of global South youth scholars
This project seeks to contribute to the debate around the homogeneity/heterogeneity of youth studies and does so, through this accelerator activity pr....
Arts and National Development: The Evolving South African Challenge
Co-draft an Introduction chapter Exploring officialdom and the arts in South Africa Arts, Africa and Development Co-draft a Conclusion and recommendat....
Assessment of the potential socio-cultural, gender and economic impacts of the use of veterinary vaccines by South African rural Farmer Households
Contribute to the development of key project implementation strategies including: i) impact pathway, ii) project M and E / results framework, iii) com....
Building the capacity of emerging leaders in South Africa to address stigma and discrimination against LGBTI and Sex Workers
Using an inter-disciplinary approach through our established network of partner organizations and experts, the programme will provide a unique combina....
To assess awareness, understanding and implementation of the population policy for SA
the major objective of the research is to produce a report that describes the awareness and understanding of national governments about the Population....
Making Sexual and Reproductive Rights Real In SA Programme
The research will support the following outcomes of the Making Sexual and Reproductive Rights Real in SA programme. Outcome 1 Duty bearers ensure pro....
The State of population Eastern Cape Province
The major objective of this project is to update the provincial state of the population report and integrate important demographic and social informat....
Audit of programmes for children in child and youth care centres
The main purpose of this exercise is to audit programmes for children in Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCCs) or shelters. The specific objectives are....
The Gendered Dimensions of Farming Systems and Rural Farmer Households in the context of Food security
The aim of the research project is to (1) describe and analyse current knowledge in a selection of policy, scientific and grey literature in relation ....
A National Strategic plan to end Gender Based Violence
The overall aim of the project is to develop a national strategic plan to end GBV based on t a situational analysis of the nature of involvement of ke....
Consultancy to Conduct end of Project Evaluation for the Champions for a HIV free generation initiative
To determine the extent to which the champions for HIV Free Generation's advocacy work has contributed towards the elimination of new infections and h....
South African Gay and Bisexual Men's parenthood choices
The aim of this project is to conduct focused research on: Desires, needs and motivations regarding becoming a parent; related decision-making; and b....
Youth music and the construction of social subjectivities and communities in post-apartheid South Africa
The purpose of the project is twofold: To investigate emotional, social and political attachments to particular genre???s and forms of music and music....
To support the national rapid assessment of Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services in all 9 provinces of South Africa
This proposal has been drawn up in response to a call for proposals by the United Nations Children???s Fund (UNICEF) for a service provider to design,....
African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity Conference 2014
Hivos engages with the HSRC for supporting the conference in the capacity of Prof. Vasu Reddy as the Conference Organising committee member. Prof. Vas....
Comprehensive Research on the Status of Gender-Based Violence
To produce a comprehensive research paper on the status of GBV civil society funding in South Africa with a specific focus on better understanding the....
Situation Analysis of population and development in eight priority districts of KZN and EC
The project aims to develop an evidence base to inform the SRH programming and support in the KZN and EC provinces.....
Development of a National Early Childhood Development Policy
The overall objective of this assignment is to assist the Department of Social Development to Produce an ECD Policy to ensure the universal provision ....
Development of a national comprehensive early childhood development programme
Develop a comprehensive ECD Programme Develop a non-negotiable essential package Develop a three year costed operational plan Develop a monitoring and....
A National Policy and Implementation Plan on Gender Equity and Equality in Basic Education
A policy document and its implementation plan on gender equity and equality in Basic Education which will ensure: * that the education sector is able....
Education and Emancipation: A five-year longitudinal, qualitative study of agency and impasses to success amongst higher education students in a sample of South African universities
The main aim of this study is to investigate, through a five-year longitudinal and qualitative study, the obstacles and opportunities students experie....
Migration in the Eastern Cape
To assess the reasons for internal and external migration with the aim to generate policy recommendations on migration To review the literature on mig....
An Investigation of the Nature and Extent of Substance Abuse in Mpumalanga Province
The project seeks to understand the nature and extent of substance abuse/use in the province of Mpumalanga and subsequent effects to the individual, t....
Vuka Family Program: Supporting Perinatally HIV Youth in South Africa
The primary aim of the proposed study is to meet the urgent need for theory-driven, emprirically informed, effective and sustainable HIV prevention an....
Perspectives on early childhood development and education (ECDE) practices to support young children
The principle goals of the study are to: a) Develop a generic culturally sensitive and ....
NRF - GRANT Incentive funding for rated researchers Prof Bhana
Incentive Funding for rated researchers....
NRF - GRANT Incentive funding for rated researchers Prof Swartz
NRF - GRANT Incentive funding for rated researchers....
Building the capacity of emerging leaders in South Africa (TIDES / MACAIDS)
To recruit and train 14 fellows in HIV prevention, Gender Based violence prevention and Leadership; and to support fellows in the implementation of th....
Non-conforming gender identities.
The purpose of this study set out to compare the experiences of self-identifying gender non-conforming youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, int....
African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and Communities
To identify and celebrate indigenous and evolving male and female same-sex sexual practices, identities and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, includi....
HIV and Sexual Risk in African MSM in South African townships
This 4-year study, consisting of an ethnographic and a quantitative phase, focusses on the risk of HIV infection and sexual risk among African men who....