Human Sciences Research Council

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Human Sciences Research Council
AbbreviationHSRC
Formation
  • National Bureau of Educational Research 1929;95 years ago (1929)
  • National Institute of Personnel Research 1948;76 years ago (1948)
  • Human Sciences Research Council 1968;56 years ago (1968)
Headquarters134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria, 0002
Location
Coordinates 25°44.881′S28°11.097′E / 25.748017°S 28.184950°E / -25.748017; 28.184950
Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Mosoetsa
Website hsrc.ac.za

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa is Africa's largest dedicated social science and humanities research agency and policy think tank. [1] It primarily conducts large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, for non governmental organisations and international development agencies in support of development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in Africa.

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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.

The HSRC originates in the National Bureau of Education and Social Research (founded in 1929). [2] 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. In essence, the HSRC is looking at the following broad dimensions of Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Development under the following banners, which are:

Organisation

It currently comprises more than 200 researchers and 250 support staff in five different locations, across several multi-disciplinary research programmes, namely:

The HSRC is a statutory body which was established in 1968; [2] its current CEO is Prof. Crain Soudien. The HSRC's scholarly publisher, the HSRC Press, is South Africa's largest academic publisher focused on social sciences and humanities. [3]

Rated and other notable current and former researchers

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References

  1. "HSRC honours Charles van Onselen". PoliticsWeb. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Soudien, Crain (March 2019). "Ninety years of social science research into poverty: revisiting the HSRC and the Carnegie Commission". HSRC Review. 17 (1). HSRC Press: 3–6.
  3. "HSRC Press". HSRC Press.
  4. "NRF Rated Researchers" (PDF). NRF rating. Retrieved 22 May 2019.[ permanent dead link ]