Nidhi Parekh joins J-PAL Africa as Project Director for DigiFI 26th Feb 202026th Feb 2020Kim Ingle Nidhi Parekh has joined J-PAL as the Project Director for the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) - J-PAL Africa’s first initiative. Spotlight
SALDRU scholarship recipient, Bongai Munguni, selected for Researchers without Borders PhD programme 29th Jan 202029th Jan 2020Kim Ingle Bongai Munguni, a SALDRU PhD scholarship awardee has been selected for the Researchers without Borders PhD programme. Spotlight
SALDRU Training with DataFirst and the School of Economics 29th Jan 202029th Jan 2020Kim Ingle The School of Economics, DataFirst and SALDRU have jointly run a Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Survey Data Analysis for Development since 2016. Spotlight
LRES Operations Director appointed to South African Soil Classification Working Group 27th Sep 20191st Oct 2019Kim Ingle Jonathan Atkinson, Operations Director for the Land Restitution Evaluation Study (LRES), has been invited by the South Africa Soil Science Society of South Africa (SSSSA) to join the National soil classification working group (SCWG). Spotlight
Brendan Maughan-Brown joins J-PAL Africa as Research Advisor 29th Aug 201929th Aug 2019Kim Ingle Brendan Maughan-Brown has joined the J-PAL Africa team as its Research Advisor. His role involves providing strategic leadership and management oversight to the research division, developing new research opportunities for J-PAL affiliated researchers, and exploring opportunities for administrative data use in randomised evaluations in South Africa. Brendan also continues in his position as a Chief Research Officer at SALDRU where he conducts public health research, with a focus on HIV. Spotlight
IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty and Inequality Conference 31st Jul 201928th Apr 2021Kim Ingle SALDRU’s Murray Leibbrandt co-Chairs the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty and Inequality together with Jocelyn Findlay of Harvard University. From 27-29 June 2019 the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan played host to a large international conference organized by this Scientific Panel. SALDRU's Rocco Zizzamia presented joint work with Murray Leibbrandt and David Lam. Spotlight
Siyaphumelela Conference: A student-centered approach 31st Jul 201928th Oct 2021Kim Ingle Towards the end of June, the fifth annual Siyaphumelela Conference took place at the Wanderers Club, Johannesburg. This conference provided a platform for those involved with Siyaphumelela to share and discuss the interventions they have undertaken over the last five years to tackle challenges in the university sector. SALDRU researchers Nicola Branson and Samantha Culligan presented the concept of a Stronger South African Nation website to the audience. Spotlight
Consulting Youth on Basic Package of Support for Young People 31st Jul 201929th Jul 2020Kim Ingle As part of the SALDRU-led research consortium to design a Basic Package of Support for young people who are not in education, employment or training, the project recently partnered with the youth leadership organisation, Activate!, to run workshops to gain a deeper insight into the challenges faced by young people in South Africa, their needs and their everyday experiences. Spotlight
Youth Explorer training 27th May 201913th Dec 2020Kim Ingle This month, SALDRU researchers, in partnership with the Department of the Premier of the Western Cape Government and OpenUp , organised a half day workshop on the use of SALDRU’s Youth Explorer and its range of youth-specific indicators, mapped at national, provincial and ward level. Spotlight
ARUA ACEIR Workshops 27th May 201928th Oct 2021Kim Ingle This month, the South African node of the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) (hosted in SALDRU), participated in a networking workshop organised by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and the “Northern 8” (N8) universities of the UK. The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate collaboration and provide a platform for joint projects amongst the ARUA network and the N8 universities. Spotlight
