Centre for Sustainability Transitions – Stellenbosch Centre for Sustainability Transitions

CST Co-director listed as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers of 2021

Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000.

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CST Researcher co-authors report detailing important new insights on the climate

Leading researchers at COP26 highlight urgent and interconnected risks/solutions in 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2021

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The Okavango watershed is a natural beating heart that has nourished humans and wildlife in Southern Africa for generations — and it’s at risk.

Read the perspective of CST student Reinhold Mangundu and Prince Harry as published in The Washington Post.

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New publication highlights Maties researchers' role in fight against COVID-19

The latest edition of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) multi-award winning publication Research at Stellenbosch University is now available and features the work of Dr Hayley Clements of the CST.

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Biodiversity Intactness Index bridges the gap between Africa’s decision makers and biodiversity experts

The Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) is a simple and practical tool that bridges the gap between biodiversity experts and decision makers.

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The CST’s Rika Preiser has been awarded a fellowship at the Peter Wall lnstitute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.

The Wall Scholars Program offers scholars from all disciplines and career stages a year-long residence at the Institute to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary research that challenges and expands their ways of thinking.

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New Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems

The first book to provide a guide and introduction specifically focused on methods for studying social-ecological systems, or SES, has been published

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Researchers develop new software for designing sustainable cities

By 2050, more than 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. Natural Capital Project researchers have developed software that shows city planners where to invest in nature to improve people’s lives and save billions of dollars.

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CST Publications

CST Researchers have authored a number of toolkits, policy briefs and research insights. Access them here.

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Latest News

Mobilising Africa’s biodiversity experts to put nature on the decision-making map

Call for Working Groups: Building equitable resilience in southern Africa

SARA invites proposals for collaborative working groups to pursue inter- or transdisciplinary research that synthesizes understanding under the guiding theme of “Building equitable resilience in southern Africa”.

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Events

Toward Just Environmental Futures: Exploring the Equity Dimensions of Nature-Based Solutions in Cities

16:00 SAST, March 3, 2022
Online

IUBS Webinar on the Gender Gaps and the Biological Sciences

09:00 CET, November 25, 2021
Online

CST WEBINAR: Anticipatory Governance – Using a systems approach and strategic foresight to navigate complexity and uncertainty in Southern Africa

Thursday, November 11, 13:00 - 14:00
Online

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Blog Posts

Welcome! Meet our teaching & learning team for the PGDip 2022

The team cannot wait to meet all our prospective students in February 2022, and we are ready to be engaged in teaching and learning at multiple levels, to effect meaningful change in the world. Watch the video to hear more from Programme Leader, Megan Davies, and Student Support Representative, Nina Callaghan, both on the teaching and learning team of the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University.

(Re)imagining Greater Muizenberg: nurturing seeds of transgressive learning

Building on the reflection work supported by a GCRF Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) grant, Dr Nadia Sitas in collaboration with a range of community activists, researchers, teachers and artists have been awarded another TESF grant to embark on an ambitious year-long action-research and learning journey starting in late 2021.

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CST Co-director listed as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers of 2021

Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000.

CST Researcher co-authors report detailing important new insights on the climate

Leading researchers at COP26 highlight urgent and interconnected risks/solutions in 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2021

The Okavango watershed is a natural beating heart that has nourished humans and wildlife in Southern Africa for generations — and it’s at risk.

Read the perspective of CST student Reinhold Mangundu and Prince Harry as published in The Washington Post.

New publication highlights Maties researchers' role in fight against COVID-19

The latest edition of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) multi-award winning publication Research at Stellenbosch University is now available and features the work of Dr Hayley Clements of the CST.

Biodiversity Intactness Index bridges the gap between Africa’s decision makers and biodiversity experts

The Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) is a simple and practical tool that bridges the gap between biodiversity experts and decision makers.

The CST’s Rika Preiser has been awarded a fellowship at the Peter Wall lnstitute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.

The Wall Scholars Program offers scholars from all disciplines and career stages a year-long residence at the Institute to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary research that challenges and expands their ways of thinking.

New Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems

The first book to provide a guide and introduction specifically focused on methods for studying social-ecological systems, or SES, has been published

Researchers develop new software for designing sustainable cities

By 2050, more than 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. Natural Capital Project researchers have developed software that shows city planners where to invest in nature to improve people’s lives and save billions of dollars.

CST Publications

CST Researchers have authored a number of toolkits, policy briefs and research insights. Access them here.