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2025-05-06 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa nominees gear up for the Science Oscars

Several Unisa academics have been nominated for the prestigious 2024/25 NSTF-South32 Awards. These awards recognise hard-working academics who are continuously engaged in pushing the boundaries of their respective fields (image credit: NSTF).

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2025-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Sociologist advocates for transformation through humanising black people

Unisa's Prof Grace Khunou, the acting Executive Director of the Department of Leadership and Transformation, is at the forefront of facilitating and leading transformation and change.

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2025-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa's Research Professor shines spotlight on nuclear sociopolitical factors in South Africa

Prof Jo-Ansie Van Wyk's research work on international politics and nuclear energy has developed into the establishment of the academic field Critical Nuclear Humanities, which delves into explaining and understanding nuclear necropolitics.

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2025-03-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisan earns B NRF rating for research on improving AI robustness and reliability

Prof Katherine Malan earned a B NRF rating for her research on improving the robustness and reliability of artificial intelligence systems toward solving new tasks for society.

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2025-03-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Celebrating a milestone: Unisan acknowledged as a research management professional

Carin Niemand, Acting Manager for Budgets and Grants in the Directorate of Research Support, was recently acknowledged as a Research Management Professional by the International Professional Recognition Council (IPRC).

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2025-02-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Hat-trick of excellence as three Unisans scoop top medical research awards

The South African Medical Research Council has recognised the outstanding contributions to health research of Unisa’s Professors Zilungile Mkhize-Kwitshana, Lindiwe Zungu and Usisipho Feleni at its prestigious 11th Scientific Merit Awards (image credit: SAMRC).

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2025-02-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Corporate

Top NRF rating confirms the ongoing global intellectual significance of Black Theology

The South African National Research Foundation has awarded an A1 rating to Unisa Research Fellow and Professor Extraordinarius Anthony Reddie, the first Professor of Black Theology in the history of the University of Oxford and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Black Theology at that university.

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2025-01-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Dept Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate

Economist en route to promoting financial inclusion and stability in sub-Saharan Africa

Economist, Dr Moeti Godfrey Damane, is committed to using his research to drive positive change, both within the academic community and in the real world by influencing policies and practices.

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2024-12-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

A call to end the violation of HIV-positive women's reproductive rights

Authored by a group of feminist scholars and activists, including Unisa's Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa, a groundbreaking report exposes the deeply troubling practice of sterilisation that has violated the dignity, autonomy and reproductive rights of HIV-positive women in South Africa since 1997.

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