Ms Tanya Rene Shanker

TELEPHONE: 021 466 7981
EMAIL: tshanker@hsrc.ac.za
Recent

Human Dimensions of Climate Change Phase II: SURPLUS

seeks to develop a tool that will assist in quantifying the vulnerabilities based on a systematic analysis of the hazards towards the development of a....

Social Norms and Behaviour tracking: Measuring Attitudes to Corruption in SA - (GIZ)

The objective of the project is to provide credible evidence-based data that promotes a shared understanding of let drivers and enablers of corruption....

Dialogue on Race and Racism based on the Book - Paradise Lost: Race and Racism in Post apartheid South Africa

The issue of race, and the racism is a contentious one, and is an unresolved issue in South Africa. The publication of the book provides an opportunit....

Wentworth Social History Project

This study aims to examine transformations in social, economic and political circumstances and the impact of these changes on one urban community - th....

The Establishment of the Research Infrastructure for the Future of Democracy in South Africa

Conduct research on the work of the members of the Zondo commission need in research performance, knowledge management, provision of data analytics on....

e-Participation and Policy Modelling South Africa (e-PPMOSA)

To establish a South African platform for e-participation in policy making and modelling through a series of pilot projects. The pilot projects will h....

State Capacity Phase II - GIZ

To extend the scope of the synthesis evaluation on State Capacity with a Special Focus on Directors-General and Heads of Departments by interviewing M....

The Impact of and Amendments to the Political Party Funding Act 6 of 2018 (PPFA)

To access the Implications of the Operationalisation of the Political Party Funding Act, 2018 (PPFA) drafted by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA, M....

An assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the selected support mechanisms implemented to mitigate and alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

To assess: How have the selected support mechanisms performed in mitigating and alleviating the most severe impacts of Covid-19 and assisted the vic....

A Synthesis Evaluation Study of New District Development Model: the case of the three piloted municipalities in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces

Also outlined in Concept Note: New District Coordination Model to Improve the Coherence and Impact of Government Service Delivery and Development. 17-....

African Observatory on responsible AI - IDRC

To advance policies and practices that support diverse African societies to safely and fairly (responsibly) harness the benefits of Artificial Intelli....

RPL Longitudinal Study - CPUT

Develop an automated RPL Screening Tool: The purpose of the proposed research is to enable and increase access for community-based paralegals to the ....

LeaPPTS Engagements

Research-related engagement with community members and / or civil society forums The engagement may involve consultation on an issue relevant to re....

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 ....

Assessment of the implementation and enforcement of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC)

Development of rating metrics / scorecard to objectively assess South Africa's compliance with Articles 5, 6, 8 and 10 of the AUCPCC design and imple....

UJ-HSRC Covid-19 Democracy Survey

The main aim of this UJ-HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey was to provide critical social data with which to understand public perceptions of the economic....

Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Finance in BRICS Cities - NIHSS

- Understanding the financing strategies and their linkages to monitoring and evaluation frameworks of BRICS cities. - To evaluate the linkage between....

BRICS Seminal Activity to Inform research on Governance Landscape of SOEs and NDB

To conduct joint BRICS seminal activity to inform research on governance landscape of the State-Own Entities (SOEs) and New Development Bank (NDB) in....

DCES Ring-fenced Allocation

DCES Ring-fenced Allocation....

Generating economic development from renewable energy: A city-level comparison of China and South Africa

The Project aims to generate new knowledge that will assist cities in South Africa and China to increase local economic development benefits transitio....

Transforming the Civil Society Sector

To conduct a study on identifying and understanding the transformative requirements for civil society to facilitate the achievement of the full consti....

Regulatory Frameworks Requirements For the South Africal Civil Society Sector to Promote their Active Participation in a Developmental State

To conduct a study on regulatory frameworks for the civil society sector, the Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery (DGSD) Research Programme of ....

Limpopo 2020: Evaluating Armed Forces Day

The main aim of this study is to determine the impact of Armed Forces Day 2020. Armed Forces Day will be held in Limpopo on 21 February 2020 and a co....

CPUT CAO Paralegal Study Project Budget (Pilot Study)

The purpose of this survey project is to provide access to the Bachelor of Paralegal Studies programme for community-based paralegals through an RPL p....

Jigiga One Health Initiative (JOHI)

A. To Assess the achievement of the JOHI project thus far B. To assess the relevance of the project continuing to phase 2 C. To provide recommendati....

Public Officials Skills and Capacity Audit

The purpose of the project is to conduct a skills and capacity audit to understand the capacity realities and support requirements of entry, mid and s....

Future Work: Reconfiguring Informality in the Platform Economy

This study will look at how the platform economy is restructuring informality in 3 large economies that belong to the G20 i.e., India, South Africa a....

BRICS Energy Architecture - Phase 2

Promoting Economic Growth and Development....

Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) project

a) Identify how transparency and accountability within the current systems for delivering and procuring infrastructure needs to be improved at a natio....

Banking on Africa: Opportunities for Fintech Development in Southern and Eastern Africa

The primary aim of the project is to identify how populations within low/middle income countries of Southern and Eastern Africa can benefit from oppor....

BRICS and African Development

Partial funding towards the BRICS and African Development conference....

Implementation of the Evaluation of the Integrated Justice System (IJS)

The study includes an analysis of challenges that the IJS has faced, and expects to face in its future execution of its mandate. This analysis will le....

Improving Electricity and Water Service Delivery in Gugulethuby strengthening Citizen Engagement (Cape Town) using the Community Scorecard approach

The overall objective is to use the Community Scorecard methodology to improve electricity and water service delivery in Cape Town municipality throug....

Governance Index Implementation Plan

The HSRC seeks to develop a Good Governance Index for South Africa that would operate as a policy monitoring instrument and a tool for generating evid....

NADCAO Cost Benefit Analysis Project

This proposal was submitted in response to a request from the National Alliance for the Development of Community Advice Offices (NADCAO) and the CAO s....

State of the Nation

Between 2003 and 2008 the HSRC published its annual flagship publication State of the Nation. Taking the South African national agenda as its organisi....