Ms Elmi De Koning
Elmi de Koning is a manager in the HSRC's Office of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Research and responsible for the HSRC's institutional performance management and reporting. She holds an honours degree in accounting from the University of South Africa (2012) and is a registered member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants as PA(SA).
De Koning was formerly a senior programme manager with the HSRC's then Education and Skills Development Programme, a position which she held from 2012 until 2020. During this time, her duties included the financial management of several large-scale research projects including the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership project (2012-2018), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2012-2020), and the Teacher Assessment Resources for Monitoring and Improving Instruction project (2012-2020) amongst others. Prior to this, she was a senior accountant in the HSRC's finance department where she was responsible for the accounts payable, accounts receivable and cashbook functions of the HSRC (2010-2012).
Organising and Faciliation of the 2020 South Africa-European Union Policy Dialogue on the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Support for the HSRC's role to DST in the 2019 SA-EU Dialogue on the 4IR....
The Imprint of Education (TIE): A Longitudinal Cohort Study of African Alumni of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars' Programme - Ghana
The proposed research design is a longitudinal cohort study which aims to survey Scholars??? Program Alumni from six African countries (Ethiopia, Ghan....
Research to determine the potential impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the current and future regulation of gambling in South Africa
The project seeks to determine the impact of the 4IR on the current and future regulation of gambling in South Africa. In doing so, the project will d....
Reflecting on current language policies and practices in South African Higher Education Institutions and reviewing strategies for development
Language is critical to higher education transformation as it impacts institutional culture, access and success. In 2008, the Report of the Ministeria....
Christel House SA: assessing education quality and social mobility outcomes
The aim of this project is to study and evaluate the quality and performance of Christel Houses' academic and non-academic programs compared to other....
SARAO Postgraduate and Post-Doctoral Alumni Tracer Study
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has been managing a human capacity development programme aimed at developing the relevant capaci....
Understanding violence and aggression in the context of the 2015/16 student movement in South Africa. A psychological well-being perspective
The 2015/16 student movement, known by campaign hashtags such as #RhodesMustFall, #BlackStudentMovement and #FeesMustFall, is currently being studied ....
Support the development of an in-depth understanding of contentious student politics in Africa
The NRF's Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers (CPRR) is a funding instrument that invites rated researcher to apply for funding. Dr. Thierry L....
Implementation of the Third Global Forum of National Advisory Councils
The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) hosted the third Global Form of National Advisory Councils on 5-6 December 2017. One of the output....
A study of key skills issues and change drivers for the PSETA
This proposal has been prepared in response to a call by the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA) to analyse key skills issu....
Support the development of the DST's fourth industrial revolution science, technology and innovation plan of action
The emergence of the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' (FIR) as a driving force of global technological and social change has created an imperative for t....
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Biosafety South Africa's Communication Project
Biosafety SA has previously led an initiative to develop a biosafety communication strategy. In principle the strategy revolves around the establishme....
NECT Macro report on Education legislation and policy
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) seeks to take the opportunity to organize a broader public policy dialogue on education that will cu....
Absorptive capacity of the Voluntary Associations (VAs) of SACNASP
Leveraging absorptive capacity for innovation and development: An assessment of the natural scientific professional organisations This research hop....
NSFAS funded graduate absorption rates
To analyse patterns of labour market absorption amongst National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funded graduates.....
Assessment of key legislation - Skills Development (Parliamentary sub-committee 1)
The Parliament of South Africa has established a Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation, to determine how legislation and regulations facilitate a....
The SKA and Human Development
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is South Africa???s flagship science project and is becoming emblematic of science and technology achievement in Sout....
Innovation for Inclusive Development: A systemic review of national policy on IID
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is developing a strategic re-orientation of its science, technology and innovation initiatives that aim....
A national survey of the South African public's perception of biotechnology
To conduct a national survey investigating the South African public's perceptions of biotechnology. The study is an investigation into the attitudes a....
TIMSS Numeracy 2014 Assessment at Grade 5 level (Data collection)
The HSRC serves as National Research Coordinator, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education, for the International Association for the E....
Unemployed Work Seekers survey (DoL)
To conduct an investigation on work seekers that are registered on the Employment Services System of South Africa (ESSA) to explore their attitudes t....
Improving Early Grade Reading in South Africa (3ie)
Research, production and use of evidence from rigorous impact evaluations for policy decisions that impact evaluations for policy decisions that impro....
20 Year Review
Provide input to the Presidency for the 20 year review on Education and Skills Development section.....
Tech4RED project in Cofimvaba (DST)
The aim of the MERL framework is to evaluate the impact of technology-driven education interventions through a rigorous portfolio of evidence that can....
Performance audit of Grade R in Early Childhood Development (ECD)
To perform a performance audit of Grade R in Early Childhood Development (ECD) at the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on behalf of the Auditor-Gen....
Monitoring and evaluation of the Impact of sJsK's Community based model for learner and teacher development: kaMhinga Villages, Limpopo Province
To monitoring and evaluation of the Impact of sJsK's Community based model for learner and teacher development: kaMhinga Villages, Limpopo Province fu....
The changing role of the university in inclusive innovation in South Africa: comparing the role of public research institutes
The research project will contribute one complementary component to a broad multifaceted research agenda focused on problematising the role of the uni....
TARMII - A teaching tool for enhancing Literacy Assessment
We intend to evaluate TARMII_fp through a quasi experimental design where 20 schools within each of our four participating provinces with our proposed....
Universities, innovation and inclusive development in Africa: towards a research network
The proposed research will support the formation and development of a research network on innovation for inclusive development (IID) in Africa. The ne....
Labour Market Intelligence Partnership project (LMIP Parent)
The research will contribute towards South Africa achieving on the strategic outcome of building a ??Skilled and Capable Workforce to Support an Inclu....
NRF - Cofimvaba
Promoting and learning from Cofimvaba communitys Indigenous Knowledge Systems to strengthen schools curricula....