Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
Injury Mortality Surveillance Colloquium
Health, especially the Forensic Pathology Services from Mpumalanga, and more recently those from Limpopo, North-West and Gauteng, are collaborating to enhance data collection technology, Read more
SAFA D-Licence certificate ceremony held at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences
Two of the six foundational principles held by the Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) are Community: Building Solidarity; and Citizenship: Participating in Public Life. This is what the Institute continually strives to do with much of its work centering on the community. Read more
Aesthetics, freedom and the political Imaginary: creative expression in a time of global crisis
The Lecture Series, which continuously evolves, seeks to highlight the new frontiers and challenges facing the culture of democracy, peace, safety and human rights in South Africa and globally, said Chair of the event, Professor Shahnaaz Suffla (Unisa ISHS, PsySSA). Read more
Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences’ Friendship and Hope Campaign supports Soccer Tournament for Thembelihle and surrounding communities
Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences’ (ISHS) Friendship and Hope Campaign (FaHC) hosted its second event of the year in the form of a soccer tournament which occurred in Thembelihle. Read more
Institute for Social and Health Science's No Paraffin! Campaign off to a good start at Sharicrest Primary
The Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences’ No Paraffin! Campaign started off on a high note at Sharicrest Primary, a school in Thembelihle, South of Johannesburg. The Campaign is a call for an expedited transition to safe and affordable energy that prioritizes the needs of energy impoverished communities. Read more
Thembelihle and Lenasia women: shaping our future, a discussion of the intricacies of womenship
Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences’ (ISHS) Friendship and Hope Campaign commenced with its first social cohesion event for 2022. The Women's Day-related event was hosted in partnership with Imbumbe Yabafazi on 20 August 2022. The Friendship and Hope Campaign aims to create social connections and foster social cohesion amongst the Thembelihle and Lenasia community in Johannesburg South’s Region G. Read more
The importance of uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa in overcoming colonial trauma
Our traumas do not define us. Uhuru, ubuntu and ujamaa have become crucial for pushing back against internalised oppression and reclaiming a sense of self and belonging. They can help us move beyond trauma towards healing. Read more
Community Psychology Book Series
The Community Psychology book series is envisaged as a space to review the established assumptions and knowledge economy underlying community psychology, and encourage writings that recognise the plurality of people and the many geographical, psychological and sociological locations that they occupy. The book series will enable contributors to stimulate thought that questions that which is constructed as critical knowledges, community psychology, and the meanings of liberation and community. Read more
Call for Papers Social and Health Sciences (SaHS) Journal Special Issue: Gender, Sexualities and Place: (Re)imagining and (Re)making Urban Spaces
The Social and Health Sciences (SaHS) journal invites proposals for a special issue entitled Gender, Sexualities and Place: (Re)imagining and (Re)making Urban Spaces with guest editors Tamara Shefer and Alan Mabin. Read more
ISHS scholars form part of special issue of the Review of General Psychology
A special issue of the Review of General Psychology, entitled Decolonial Perspectives in (and on) Psychology is now available and features scholars from Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS). Read more