Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
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
Call for Papers Social and Health Sciences (SaHS) Journal Special Issue: Inclusive Energy Transitions for the South
The Social and Health Sciences (SaHS) journal invites submissions from the broader Global South, as well as the Global North for a special issue entitled Inclusive Energy Transitions for the South. Read more
Prof Shahnaaz Suffla from the ISHS inaugurated as the President of the Psychological Society of South Africa PsySSA
Professor Shahnaaz Suffla from the Institute of Social and Health Sciences, a flagship Institute of the College for Human Sciences, was inaugurated as the President of the Psychological Society of South Africa PsySSA) on the 16th November 2021. Read more
Unisa adds academic muscle to safe energy campaign
Delivering his inaugural address, Prof Ashley van Niekerk from the ISHS said that "No Paraffin!" had been launched by the university in partnership with ASSAf to contribute to SA's accelerated transition to affordable and modern energy to prioritise the needs of socio-economically impoverished communities. Read more
Find our collectiveness to realise our humanness
“As history wrestles with us, we must wrestle with history in the present, for the imagined future.” This sentiment, shared by poet, storyteller, theatre-maker and researcher, Ongezwa Mbele from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, aptly summarises the discussions that took place at the 16th Annual Peace, Safety and Human Rights Memorial Lecture. Read more
Friendship and Hope Campaign
September and October 2019 have been exciting months for the Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) and surrounding communities, as the main events of the annual Thembelihle Friendship and Hope Campaign commenced for the year. Read more
Unisa ISHS Doctoral Opportunities for 2020
The ISHS is offering potential doctoral students an exciting opportunity to advance their qualifications and further their research skills through UNISA’s Grow Your Own Timber (GYOT) Project. GYOT is a strategic UNISA initiative aimed at supporting post-graduate students through fixed-term, fulltime contract appointments. Read more
Toward Black-centred Excellence: Supervision and Mentorship of Students in the African Context
Universities as major sources of the production and dissemination of knowledge are key to tackling problems on the African continent. However, most African students continue to struggle with access to universities which are often alienating, colonising, patriarchal and anti-poor, as well as privileging a Eurocentric curriculum. Read more