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.

23 August 2023

Life in the City

Life in the City is an applied complexity research project that provides PhD and postdoctoral bursaries to students undertaking innovative, multi/transdisciplinary research focused on real world problems in Johannesburg.

01 December 2022

WSG academic earns NRF rating

Dr Christine Hobden has earned an Y1 NRF rating.

31 May 2022

Measuring economic activity

Studying how people in Africa spend their time on nonleisure activities is a better guide to policy development, argues Odile Mackett

19 March 2022

Wits welcomes Carnegie Diversifying Academy grant recipients

Wits University hosted a ceremony recently to welcome 26 grant recipients of the Carnegie Diversifying the Academy (CDTA) programme.

26 August 2021

The financing and rejuvenating of SA cities

South Africa’s urban infrastructure requires sustained attention but what are the costs associated with doing so?

23 August 2021

Tracking local councillors

Closing the Feedback Loop in South African Local Governance: A Longitudinal Study of Local Councillor Performance in Urban and Peri-Urban Municipalities

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.