Dr Tim George Balne Hart
Dr Tim Hart is a chief research specialist in the HSRC?s Democratic, Capable and Ethical State research division. He holds an MPhil in social science methods (2004) and a PhD in social anthropology (2020), both from Stellenbosch University (SU). He specialises in research methodology, policy and cultural diversity in community development, with a focus on developing urban areas and rural development. Hart has strong interests in the sociology of science, land reform, inclusive methodologies and the roles of different actors and actants in development implementation networks, as well as innovation, indigenous knowledge, gender in development and food and nutrition security and food systems.
Since 2014, he has also worked in the field of disability studies, providing disability service organisations and disabled people's organisations in South Africa with research guidance and inputs while learning about the challenges encountered by persons with disabilities. Hart has reviewed government- and internationally funded reports on disability in South Africa for the Ministry of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Since April 2020, he has been coordinating a small team of HSRC researchers, primarily focusing on the human rights of persons with disabilities and working on the research needs of disability-support organisations. Since joining the HSRC in 2004, Hart has managed numerous research projects on indigenous knowledge systems, agricultural development, land reform and innovation in rural districts. He was co-manager with the Institute of Development Studies (UK) of a project funded by UK Research and Innovation on the experiences and perceptions of persons with disabilities in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown. He is currently co-manager with the University of Newcastle (UK) on a project looking at the significance of traditional fruit and vegetables in rapidly urbanising environments, with a focus on the City of Johannesburg./p>
Hart is a research fellow at the Stellenbosch University Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and has published 34 scientific peer-reviewed articles in local and international academic journals, 47 research reports and 25 book chapters and policy briefs. He has co-authored and co-edited 7 books. Hart has presented papers and posters at local and international conferences and done research in Uganda, the Philippines and Ethiopia and study visits to Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. He is also a regular reviewer for numerous local and international scientific journals
Women RISE: Womens health and economic empowerment for a COVID-19 Recovery that is Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable
Investigating women's live....
Feasibility study for a Socio-economic empowerment index
The purpose of the centralised SEEI will be to contribute to deeper debates on structural and systemic determinants of socio-economic empowerment as w....
The Role of Traditional Food Systems in Rapid Urbanization
This project addresses the challenge of food insecurity in cities as experienced by migrant communities and explores the role of traditional foods in ....
Extending the findings of the Socioeconomic wellbeing and human rights-related experiences of people with disabilities in Covid-19 times in South Africa
To use the research findings to engage deeply with various government departments, including the DWYPD, COGTA, SALGA, DSD, and to engage with them and....
Social Security Review
As a follow-up to the inaugural Social Security Review: Volume One, a first for South Africa and the African Continent, volume two, co-funded by the D....
COSAI Instruments Review
Effective funding approaches and instruments to invest in innovation in Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (SAI). The objectives of the study, ar....
UKRI GCRF NEWTON FUND COVID COLLABORATION
The study will investigate the experiences and perceptions of people with diverse impairments (PWD), revealing whether they feel their human rights ha....
The Evaluation of the National Education Trust (NECT)
The purpose of the evaluation is to conduct an evaluation of the NECT on behalf of FREF (through Tshikululu Social Investments), a core funder of the ....
Buffalo City: Campus Tourism project
The BCMDA hereby assigns partnership services to the HSRC to conduct and facilitate research that will contribute towards the social progress and deve....
DST: Innovation Partnership For Rural Development (IPRD)- M&E Framework
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), through its Chief Directorate: Science and Technology for Social Impact, has embarked on an initiative....
An outcomes evaluation of the NDC fruit Processors factory in Nkowankowa, Greater Tzaneen, Limpopo province
The core of the Terms of Reference is the provision of a service in carrying out an economic impact evaluation of the Wolkberg Fruit Processors, WFP (....
NDA: Effective and Accountable Citizenry Engagement Study
The aim of this project is to establish new channels through which government could improve its engagement with civil society. The essence is to enhan....
KZN Department of Transport: Pilot Pothole Patching Programme
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport (DoT) is responsible for the maintenance of 7 728km of blacktop road and 23 156km of gravel road. The DoT al....
A Multi-disciplinary study exploring the challenges facing the mining industry - a specific focus on platinum around Rustenburg in the North West
The spate of labour unrest that resulted in clashes between the police and miners in the Lonmin Marikana mine in 2012 is a cause for concern among the....
DRDLR: A Diagnostic Study of the process followed by The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in the Research of Claims in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994)
The focus of the study will be to conduct the diagnostic of capacity, capability and experience in each Regional Office, on how to carry out the resea....