News

  • CST researchers contribute to new book on Covid impacts

    A new book Covid-19 and Governance has been published, focusing on the relationship between governance institutions and approaches to Covid-19 and health outcomes

  • (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.

  • POSITION: Researcher

    The CST  seeks  to contract a Researcher to join the ReSET project, which forms part of the Energy Transitions research group.  The Reconfiguring Energy for Social Equity (ReSET) research project is led by Dr Megan Davies. 

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

    To understand the impact human activity is having on biosphere integrity, scientists and decision-makers need readily available, reliable data on genetic diversity and biodiversity loss. The Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) is a simple and practical tool that bridges the gap between biodiversity experts and decision makers.

  • CST researchers join interdisciplinary team tackling plastic pollution in the Port of Durban

    CST researchers Dr Nadia Sitas and Dr Maike Hamann join a collaborative team of researchers and practitioners from WildOceans (a programme of the WildTrust), the School of Built Environment & Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to understand the root causes, and multiple impacts of plastic pollution in the Port of Durban.

  • CST researchers join interdisciplinary team tackling plastic pollution in the Port of Durban

    CST researchers Dr Nadia Sitas and Dr Maike Hamann join a collaborative team of researchers and practitioners from WildOceans (a programme of the WildTrust), the School of Built Environment & Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to understand the root causes, and multiple impacts of plastic pollution in the Port of Durban.

  • Engaging with complexity in resilience practice

    A new article published in Ecology and Society explores how to engage with and operationalize complexity thinking in resilience assessments and resilience planning. According to lead author My Sellberg, the article built on discussions from the GRAID workshop in Johannesburg in 2017. 

  • CST researcher awarded fellowship at the University of British Columbia

    The CST’s Rika Preiser has been awarded a fellowship at the Peter Wall lnstitute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia for the academic year August 2021-July 2022.

  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Seeds of Good Anthropocenes – Transforming southern African food systems

    We seek motivated individuals, who have a keen interest and passion for linking theory and practice to advance practical sustainability‐related initiatives, an interest and ability to integrate across the social and natural sciences, and who enjoy collaboration and working in teams.