Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
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The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa
primarily conducts large-scale, policy
-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non governmental organisations and international development agencies in support of development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) and in Africa
.
The HSRC also seeks to contribute to the research and development
strategy of the HSRC's parent Department of Science and Technology, especially through its mission to focus on the contribution of science and technology to addressing poverty.
In recent years the HSRC has undergone major restructuring, aligning its research activities and structures to South Africa's national development priorities: notably poverty reduction
through economic development
, skills enhancement, job creation, the elimination of discrimination and inequalities, and effective service delivery. It currently comprises more than 130 researchers and 100 support staff in five different centres, across ten multi-disciplinary research programmes.
The HSRC is a statutory body established in 1968; its President and CEO is Dr. Olive Shisana and its council is chaired by Professor Jakes Gerwel.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
primarily conducts large-scale, policy
Policy
A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome. The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done, this is normally referred to as either procedure or protocol...
-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non governmental organisations and international development agencies in support of development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community
Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states...
(SADC) and in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
The HSRC also seeks to contribute to the research and development
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
strategy of the HSRC's parent Department of Science and Technology, especially through its mission to focus on the contribution of science and technology to addressing poverty.
In recent years the HSRC has undergone major restructuring, aligning its research activities and structures to South Africa's national development priorities: notably poverty reduction
Poverty reduction
Poverty is the state of human beings who are poor. That is, they have little or no material means of surviving—little or no food, shelter, clothes, healthcare, education, and other physical means of living and improving one's life....
through economic development
Economic development
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
, skills enhancement, job creation, the elimination of discrimination and inequalities, and effective service delivery. It currently comprises more than 130 researchers and 100 support staff in five different centres, across ten multi-disciplinary research programmes.
The HSRC is a statutory body established in 1968; its President and CEO is Dr. Olive Shisana and its council is chaired by Professor Jakes Gerwel.
See also
- Department of Science and Technology (South Africa)
- National Research Foundation of South AfricaNational Research Foundation of South AfricaSouth Africa’s National Research Foundation is the intermediary agency between the policies and strategies of the Government of South Africa and South Africa's research institutions....
- Economics Research South AfricaEconomics Research South AfricaEconomics Research South Africa is an economics research program funded by the National Treasury of South Africa. It is currently hosted by the University of Cape Town's School of Economics....