Communiqué from the high-level convening on early-career researcher development in the post-PhD phase
April 4, 2023At the International Convening on Higher Education Capacity Enhancement (held on 6 and 7 December 2022 alongside the World Science Forum in Cape Town, South Africa), a set of guidelines entitled, Designing and Implementing Impactful Post-PhD Support Programmes in Africa...
Guidelines for designing and implementing impactful post-PhD support programmes in Africa: Lessons learned from 10 African programmes
April 4, 2023The guidelines are a key output from the peer-learning for emerging researcher’s knowledge and advancement (PERKA) project. They intend to provide guidance for and share the experiences of African programmes in implementing such initiatives, describe partnership models for funding, and...
Gender and Inclusivity Theme
February 14, 2023Gender & Inclusivity Theme Posters The Gender & Inclusivity Project, a component of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), is led by the HumanSciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa in partnership with Gender at Work (G@W), Jive Media Africa...
Report: Politics and policy developments in knowledge production for development
November 22, 2022The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that the research community communicates their findings to policymakers through policy briefs, and on the part of politicians...
Research article: Research based policy in Africa
November 22, 2022The research article emanates from a report titled, ‘Politics and Policy Developments in Knowledge Production for Development’. The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that...
Policy Brief: Knowledge Production for Development in Africa – how should policymakers respond
November 22, 2022The policy brief emanates from a report titled ‘Politics and Policy Developments in Knowledge Production for Development’. The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that...
Integrated Report-Intersectionality in Research, Grant-making and Human Capital Development
November 21, 2022A new report by the Human Sciences Research Council offers practical recommendations for advancing intersectional gender transformation in science, technology and innovation (STI). The study was funded by the NRF South Africa and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the...
Gender and Inclusivity Brochure
November 7, 2022This brochure provides an overview of the gender and inclusivity project.
Tapping the change-making power of grant-making: Reflections on a targeted technical assistance workshop
November 1, 2022The grant-making cycle is a powerful tool for change and can help to advance gender equality and inclusivity in the field of science, technology and innovation in Africa. A recent targeted technical assistance workshop was designed to make that change...