The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship conducts transdisciplinary research on issues of "liveability" in South Africa, across the African continent, and beyond. Our aim is to advance socially engaged, cutting-edge research that transforms knowledge, makes an impact, and benefits individuals and communities.
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Exxaro Biography Project
Forced Migration In South Africa's Thirty Year War
January 20, 2026UP EXPERT OPINION: Farewell to a cosmopolitan Canadian scholar-diplomat
This article was first published by Business Day South Africa on 19 January 2026. David Malone, a cosmopolitan Canadian scholar-diplomat, recently died at the...
January 20, 2026UP EXPERT OPINION: Trump is serving US imperialism raw
This article was published on 19 January 2026 by Project Syndicate . The United States’ abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his subsequent...
December 16, 2025USF BLOG: Cartographies of care: mapping women’s everyday journeys and stories across downtown Pretoria
This blog was originally posted on the Urban Studies Foundation website on 1 December 2025 . The blog reflects on a workshop that formed part of the Youth on...
December 15, 2025CALL FOR PAPERS AND CLOSED PANELS - Affinity: Solidarities of reproduction and relationships
Scholars in various disciplines use the notion of "affinity" to describe closeness, similarity, aptitude and attraction. Affinity speaks to the ties that bind...
November 24, 2025POLICY BRIEF: African Debt, Climate Change and the ICJ
This policy brief was published by the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) on 14 November 2025. The scope and complexity of the climate...
November 21, 2025IN THE MEDIA: South Africa’s G20 role under the microscope – Professor Bradlow weighs in on Argentina boycott
In an interview on CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit on 12 November 2025, Professor Daniel Bradlow, an expert in international economic governance, offered insight...