Research

Message from our Research Director

Hello everyone

My name is Caryn Abrahams (PhD), the new Research Director at the Wits School of Governance. I’m excited to embrace the role and the challenges and opportunities it brings. It is a privilege to be able to serve the University and contribute to the Wits School of Governance's vision of becoming a research-led institution of excellence.

19 August 2024

Policy brief - Empowering Africa: Advancing climate resilience and sustainability on the Continent

WSG Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Kennedy Manduna contributed to this policy brief with his chapter on why Africa should not drop its guard when negotiating critical and strategic minerals deals with the global powers.

06 March 2024

Labor of love: Re‐membering dismembered bodies in community research

This paper is premised on the argument that women's bodies in their everyday lived experiences are constantly dismembered physically and/or figuratively, as they are constructed as the ‘other.’

06 March 2024

"An urban revolution that doesn’t make me a statistic"

An unfolding global polycrisis has accentuated the critique of contemporary urbanism, which has failed to be inclusive and developmental, especially in the Global South. A shift in trajectory will require a shift in our imaginaries, inclusionary processes and institutions.

14 February 2024

Analysis of the effects of the Electoral Amendment Bill

This research paper presents the findings of an analysis of the Electoral Amendment Bill 2 and the claim that the Bill violates section 46 of the Constitution, demanding that the electoral system “results, in general, in proportional representation”.

05 December 2023

Extractive industries indigenisation, displacement and vulnerabilities

The discovery of diamonds in 2006 in Marange’s Chiadzwa area and extractive industry indigenisation in Zimbabwe beginning in 2010 has led to an expanding number of mining-induced internally displaced persons in the country.

05 December 2023

Do no harm - 5 steps a researcher should take

Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to ensure participants are not harmed and are fully heard.

Public Ethics Network South Africa

The Public Ethics Network of South Africa (PEN.ZA) includes individuals and institutions deeply concerned with, and actively engaged in, the teaching, research and practice of enhancing and communicating the importance of public ethics in South Africa today.

Tayarisha Research Centre

The Centre will conduct academically rigorous, cutting-edge research
on the challenges and opportunities presented by digitalisation,
particularly in the public sector.

Civic Tech Innovation Network

Welcome to the Civic Tech Innovation Network

The Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) is a Community of Practice (CoP) and action learning network for people with an interest and commitment to leveraging the nexus between technology and civic activism.