Research

New research director Dr Caryn Abrahams at WSG

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.

 

 

Explore our Research

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05 December 2023

Manipulation in the Grey Zone: Evidence from Ghana’s Parliamentary Elections in 2008 and 2012

Electoral manipulation undermines the function of elections as a mechanism of representation and accountability, and erodes public trust in government institutions; however, our theoretical understanding of its causes is still limited.
Students entering WSG
05 December 2023

Learn more about becoming a Postdoc Fellow at Wits

The University of the Witwatersrand is a highly ranked research intensive university working across a wide range of knowledge fields.
Building WSG
05 December 2023

Meet our Post Doctoral Research Fellows

The Wits School of Governance host Post Doctoral Fellows, in different research areas.
Candle Load Shedding
28 November 2023

Load shedding as a result of failures at the political-technological interface

In effective developmental states, technocrats are ‘embedded’ in the political system with sufficient autonomy to undertake their tasks.
Johannesburg
31 August 2023

The Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods

The Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) was funded via UK Research and Innovation as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund.
Open Book
30 August 2023

Learn about Postgraduate studies at Wits

As a research intensive university, Wits is strongly committed to sustaining the “knowledge pipeline” through growing and nurturing the next generation of scholars, scientists and innovators.
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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

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.