Research News

  • Postdoctoral Fellowships

    Posted on October 06, 2017

    Postdoctoral researchers with an interest in sustainable development are invited to submit their applications for the GVI Sustainable Development Fellowship Programbefore the 15th of November 2017.

  • Deadline for Applications for Study (2018)

    Posted on September 18, 2017

    The application deadline for all Honours, Masters and PhD study is 30 September 2017.

  • Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development

    Posted on July 13, 2017

    Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti from the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses the future of alternative currencies and why it matters for development.

  • Youth optimism dashed by political, economic uncertainty: GIBS Youth Survey

    Posted on June 19, 2017

    Just five years ago, the annual Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Youth Survey highlighted a society that was upbeat about the future and their career prospects. Back then, 74% of learners felt SA was a good place to have a successful career. In 2017, just 53% of respondents said they...

  • How to secure funding for research

    Posted on May 12, 2017

    We can imagine research as a massive conversation about a myriad of ideas between people across the world and over hundreds of years. But if we want to join the conversation we need money. We need funding to collect our data. We need funding to free up our time and write. We need funding to...

  • Call for Papers

    Posted on May 11, 2017

    The 1st Limpopo/Gauteng SAAPS Regional Colloquium

  • Mediation Support Network sends letter to newly appointed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

    Posted on October 25, 2016

    Recently the UN appointed a new Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. To mark this important occasion, the Mediation Support Network issued a statement encouraging him to be assertive in using the good offices of the Secretary-General to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.

  • Ivory poaching: not just a conservation issue

    Posted on September 26, 2016

    An article was published by the Institute for Security Studies on 26 September 2016, co-authored by one of the Masters students in the Department of Political Sciences, Jervin Naidoo.

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