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The HSRC is the largest dedicated research institute in the social sciences and humanities on the African continent, doing cutting-edge public research in areas that are crucial to development. We host regular public seminars which everyone can participate in: www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events. Most seminars are recorded and uploaded here.
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Evaluating VA’s Electronic Medical Record Modernization and Physician Burnout
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Ryan Sterling, PhD, research scientist with the Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation, discusses the impact that VA’s electronic health record modernization rollout has had on burnout among VA physicians.Af Ryan Sterling, PhD
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Understanding and Evaluating Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in VA Care
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Omonyele Adjognon, DrPH (candidate) of the HSR Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research idiscusses her work with Drs. Christopher Miller and Kate Iverson on screening for intimate partner violence in Veterans in VA primary care.…
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Genetics Providers are Key to the Integration of Genetic Testing within the Practice of Frontline Clinicians
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Maren Scheuner MD, MPH, investigator and provider at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, talks with Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER) editor Diane Hanks at the 2023 HSR&D national meeting, about her research on integrating genetic testing in front-line healthcare practices.…
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Learnings from the VA HSR COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory
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Denise Hynes and Matt Maciejewski, HSR Investigators, discuss their research studying COVID-19’s effects on Veterans, with the COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory (CORC), and the ongoing need to study the disease in this population with CIDER writer Diane Hanks…
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Practical Strategies HSR Researchers Can Utilize to Be Mindful to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion throughout the Research Process
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Jennifer Funderburk and colleagues from the VA Center for Integrated Healthcare speak with Diane Hanks about their workshop to help researchers keep diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in mind.Af Jennifer Funderburk, PhD
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Is Burnout Preventable? Burnout and Engagement in VA Primary Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Eric Apaydin, PhD, MPP, MS, talks with Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER) writer Karen Jamrog at the 2023 HSR&D national meeting, about his research on burnout, employee engagement, and changing organizational contexts in VA primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Risk and Protective Factors for Burnout among VA Psychotherapists Treating PTSD Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Steven Dobscha, MD, Director of the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC) discusses his research investigating primary care patient perspectives on VA's population-based suicide risk screening program (Risk ID), and other related items of interest with Diane Hanks of the Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (…
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Increasing VA Workforce Diversity with a Research Career Pipeline Program for Students from Historically Excluded Groups
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Cindie Slightam, MPH, Senior Project Manager at the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses her project creating a paid internship for Community College students from historically excluded groups. The program sought to introduce research as a career option, and present VA as a place for that career, to students who might normally n…
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Why and How to Incorporate Sex and Gender in VA Research
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Drs. Goldsmith and Danan discuss the workshop on why and how to address sex and gender in VA research that they designed and subsequently led at the 2023 HSR&D National Meeting.Af Elizabeth Goldsmith, MD, MS
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Intervention to Improve Veterans' Engagement in Therapy for PTSD
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Megan Shepherd-Banigan, PhD, MPH, of the Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) discusses her CDA project seeking to induce family-involved initiation and completion of psychotherapy for Veterans living with PTSD.Af Megan Shepherd-Banigan, PhD, MPH
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Past, Present, and Future of QUERI
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Director Amy Kilbourne discusses the origin, milestones, current events, and future directions of the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) program.Af Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH
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Building the Evidence on Under-Recognized Populations
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Guneet Jasuja, PhD, MPH, of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) discusses her work researching social stressors and health issues among older transgender and gender diverse Veterans.Af Guneet Jasuja, PhD, MPH
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Risk and Protective Factors for Burnout among VA Psychotherapists Treating PTSD Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Craig Rosen, PhD, of the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses his work researching burnout among VA clinicians, previous research that his most recent study was built on, and related topics of interest.Af Craig Rosen, PhD
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CONDUIT Study: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
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Dr. Black discusses her experience in the CONDUIT QUERI Eval, and working with Veterans in VA. CONDUIT’s objective was to unite 6 inter-related Partnered Implementation projects to improve access to medications for Opioid Use Disorder.Af Anne Black, PhD
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What is the Right Mix? Variation in the Proportion of Primary Care Delivered via Video for Veterans with Common Chronic Conditions
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Jacqueline Ferguson, PhD, MS, of the VA Palo Alto Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i) discusses her research into variations in patterns, by chronic conditions, for Veterans receiving primary care via telehealth as well as in-person.Af Jacqueline Ferguson, PhD, MS
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Increasing Use of Video Telehealth among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorder
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Lynn Garvin, PhD, MBA, of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) discusses her peer-led intervention to provide VA Video Connect (VVC) telehealth to Veterans experiencing Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder.Af Lynn Garvin, PhD, MBA
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VA Telehealth’s Widening Rural-Urban Divide During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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VA telehealth programming had focused largely on rural populations where disparities in health care access and telehealth use existed, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced an expansion to offer telehealth more broadly. Lucinda Leung, MD, PhD, MPH, discusses rural-urban differences in VA telehealth use nationally before and after pandemic onset.…
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Using Implementation and Quality Improvement Strategies in VA
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Joel Boggan, MD, MPH, of the Durham VA Medical Center talks about his experience with the Evidence Synthesis Program at VA, working with Veteran populations, and how quality improvement methodologies can be used to improve health services in Primary Care settings.Af Joel Boggan, MD, MPH
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Understanding VA Emergency Department Care Quality through a Unique Lens—Ambulance Visits
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David Chan, MD, PhD, of the HSR&D Center of Innovation to Implementation in Palo Alto, CA, discusses his work understanding how ambulance visits to VA hospitals act as an indicator of care quality.Af David Chan, MD, PhD
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Care Fragmentation in VA Home Based Primary Care
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Sam Edwards, MD, MPH, of the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC) in Portland OR, talks about his research studying care fragmentation among Veterans receiving home based primary care (HBPC). Care fragmentation - the dispersion of a patient’s care across cl…
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The Long Game: A Career Dedicated to System-wide Change for Veterans with SUD
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Hildi Hagedorn, PhD, investigator with the Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research CCDOR in Minneapolis, MN, talks about her research focused on implementation of best-practice recommendations for the identification and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD). Dr. Hagedorn w…
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Evaluating Clinician Experiences with VA Electronic Health Record Modernization
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Seppo Rinne, MD, PhD, BS of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) talks about his work with the EMPIRIC QUERI partnered evaluation. The mission…
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Building Resiliency, Quality, and Retention into VA’s Cardiac Cath Labs
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Heather Gilmartin, PhD, NP, investigator and nurse scientist at the Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation in Denver, Colorado discusses her HSR&D Career Development Award program work, which is focused on building supportive learning environments VA&rsquo…
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In Conversation: Fireside Chat with Kristin Mattocks and Rani Elwy
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Dr. Kristin Mattocks conducts a wide-ranging interview with her friend and HSR&D colleague, Dr. Rani Elwy. Dr. Elwy shares insights into her long-running VA HSR&D research career, discusses turning failure into success, and looks at the two-way relationship between mentors and mentees.Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH, is an investigator a…
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Evaluating the Transitioning Servicemember Support Program
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Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) dissemination coordinator Diane Hanks talks with Dr. Joe Geraci, investigator and clinical psychologist at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Geraci is the co-Director of the Tra…
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The Impact of COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Mental Health
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Bryann DeBeer, PhD, of the Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, talks about her work using social network analysis to understand the impact that COVID-19 enforced social distancing has had on Veterans’ mental health and suicide risk.…
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Partnering to Increase Veteran Safety: Fall Prevention and Nursing Unit Design
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HSR&D investigator and director of the North Florida/South Georgia Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center Ron Shorr, MD, MS, and healthcare architect Gary Fischer with VA’s Construction and Facilities Unit, discuss the value of partnere…
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Evaluating Prophylactic Anticoagulant Therapy Effectiveness for Treating COVID-19
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In this episode, Dr. Christopher Rentsch, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Yale University, talks about a large-scale evaluation of the effectiveness of prophylactic anticoagulant therapy for the treatment of COVID-19. Since the recording of this…
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Using Temperature to Improve COVID-19 Infection Control
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In part one of a two-part conversation, VA geriatrician Jim Rudolph, MD, talks about his work to develop new COVID-19 safety and screening standards based on temperature readings among residents of VA Community Living Centers. In addition to his work as a VA clinician, Dr. Rudolph is the director of the
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Understanding VA’s Vaccination Program in VA Community Living Centers
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In part two of a two-part conversation, VA geriatrician Jim Rudolph, MD, talks about his work to assess VA’s response to distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in VA Community Living Centers. In addition to his work as a VA clinician, Dr. Rudolph is the director of the
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Social Housing, Spatial Transformation and Upward Mobility - HSRC Seminar
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Social housing is a powerful tool for integrating divided cities. It can also help low income households to get on in life and thrive by providing a secure home base with good access to jobs and amenities. The HSRC recently completed a study of social housing’s contribution to spatial transformation and upward social mobility in South Africa. The p…
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4IR and Youth Unemployment: Harnessing the 4th Industrial Revolution to COVID-19 game-changers - HSRC Seminar
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In keeping with the spirit of 1976 Soweto Uprising, Women in Science in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Impact Centre held a dialogue to commemorate the role the youth played in the events surrounding the historical day. The dialogue looked at developing activities and reflecting on the history, present realities and…
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Year of the Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want - Diplomatic conversation
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Inspiration or Aspiration? Organised by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), this Diplomatic Conversation will address the theme chosen by the African Union (AU) for 2021 – Year of the Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want. Launched during the 34th AU Assembly under …
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Addressing the Marginalization of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Foreign Workers in South Africa - HSRC Seminar
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The South African government is committed to fighting xenophobia and providing a welcoming environment for documented migrants living in the country, despite the devastating impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on countries’ fiscal resources throughout the world. Among other things, the pandemic has forced countries to close their borders to m…
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The impact of innovation on productivity in South African manufacturing and services businesses: New empirical evidence - HSRC Seminar
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The South African manufacturing and services sectors remain squarely in the crosshairs of economic and industrial policy makers and, equally, business leaders and sector analysts. Whether to stimulate much-needed growth, as in the case of the manufacturing sector, or to adapt to widespread technological change, as in the case of services firms, the…
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Migrants, Thinkers, Storytellers - Book launch
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Migrants, Thinkers, Storytellers develops an argument about how individual migrants, coming from four continents and diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, are in many ways affected by a violent categorisation that is often nihilistic, insistently racial, and continuously significant in the organisation of South African society. The book also examines …
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Human rights and the fourth industrial revolution in South Africa - Book launch
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is having a major impact on all aspects of life, both in South Africa and globally. The chief technological developments associated with the 4IR offer much promise for human development and improvements in quality of life. Yet, as this book explores, these technologies are a double-edged sword, bringing both b…
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AI Narratives in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop 3 - Afro/African-futurisms
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The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (University of Cambridge) and the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, are delighted to announce a series of three virtual workshops entitled ‘Global AI Narratives: Sub-Saharan Africa’. Different cultures see Artificial Intelligence through very different lenses: diverse religious, ling…
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International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry - Part 1: Speaking
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International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry Part 1: Speaking, Wednesday, 26th May Intersectionality helps us to recognise that people experience the world differently based on social identities— such as gender, sexuality, age, race, class, and disability, among others. For many marginalised people, these mutually reinforcing identities create unique …
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Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture 2021
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Professor Pearl Sithole, Vice-Principal of the University of the Free State, delivers this year’s lecture under the theme, Lessons from Mafeje’s theories and positionality of Africans on Science and Innovation. Objectives of the lecture are: •To explore Africanity as a means to respond to Africa’s diverse challenges through decolonising and promoti…
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Making Institutions work in South Africa - HSRC Book Launch
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Making Institutions Work in South Africa recognises that institutions are the pillars of a constitutional democracy they evolve through the actions of persons and as organisations they form structures of dynamic, shared social patterns of behaviour. The book offers interdisciplinary critical commentary by scholars, analysts and experts regarding st…
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Cities in a post-covid world - HSRC Seminar
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Online seminar 15 April 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching effects on urban lives and livelihoods. Some of these are likely to prove temporary as the vaccine is rolled out and the recovery gathers momentum. However, there are bound to be more profound changes too, depending on the shape and speed of the recovery. In the future, will…
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Who is willing to sacrifice human rights in the context of COVID? - HSRC Seminar
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24 March 2021 Online seminar In order to manage the spread of COVID-19 and protect the healthcare sector, South Africa has been in various levels of lockdown for a whole year. This has impacted on many aspects of life in the country including, amongst others, human rights, economy, education and lifestyle. While the real impact of the lockdown will…
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Opportunities and challenges in implementing the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement - HSRC Seminar
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5 March 2021 Online seminar Join us in this inaugural seminar series on the AfCTA, jointly organised by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Tshwane University of Technology’s Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI). In this seminar, the panelists, discussants and audience wi…
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Macroeconomics of Reconstruction and Recovery: Policy Options Beyond Covid19? - HSRC Seminar
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17 February 2021 Online seminar Overview: How South Africa lifts itself out of the pandemic-induced macroeconomic crisis is a societal debate with knock-on effects that are likely to last for years if not decades to come. The depth and scale of the macroeconomic contraction (with SA 2020 growth rate expected to average at - 7,5%) will not only cut …
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Working from anywhere - views, evidence, experiences and recommendations - HSRC Seminar
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26 January 2021 Online seminar Overview: The COVID-19 crisis has forced us all to work remotely, from home or from anywhere. While many have been flirting with this concept for the past decade or two, the pandemic has accelerated our practice and thinking. This webinar asks: Is it time to cut the cords of attachment to physical offices? What do we …
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Backyard Real Estate: Harnessing the Potential for Township Development - HSRC Seminar
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18 November 2020 Online seminar Overview: Backyard housing is booming across many South African townships. Enterprising households and small-scale developers are investing in solid single- and double-storey flats. This is boosting the supply of decent rental accommodation and offering opportunities to kick-start the recovery and create jobs from th…
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Being ALHIV: What do we know about Adolescents Living with HIV in South Africa? - HSRC Seminar
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24 November 2020 Online seminar Overview: This webinar is hosted by the HSRC and its collaborators from the University of Cape Town’s AIDS and Society Research Unit in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and UNFPA. As we approach the fourth decade of the HIV pandemic, there are still glaring gaps in the evidence-base…
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The Future Of Work And The Implications For South African TVET Colleges - HSRC Seminar
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13 November 2020 Online seminar Overview: The presentation draws from a study undertaken with MerSETA called the Lived Livelihoods Study which aimed to understand the way(s) in which young people from two urban townships in Port Elizabeth are making their livelihoods in engineering related areas in the informal sector. The findings challenge our un…
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The impact of corruption on SME growth in Africa - HSRC Seminar
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10 November 2020 Online seminar Overview: The rapid and emergency purchases to address the global pandemic, has exposed vulnerabilities in procurement systems that were already prone to fraud and corruption. Significant amounts of money have been flowing through global financial systems in the form of debt relief, loans from multilateral institutio…
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