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NRF awards three CST researchers Y1 ratings
We are thrilled to announce that, Dr. Maike Hamann, Dr. Hayley Clements, and research associate Dr. Odirilwe Selomane, have been awarded Y1 ratings in the “Promising Young Researchers” category by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa.
Eskom – starving the country to fund the feeding trough
Cumulatively, the alleged annual loss to corruption within just one of South Africa’s 24 state-owned enterprises costs the country more than all of its school feeding, early childhood development feeding and emergency food aid programmes combined.
Building a Community of Practice for Social-Ecological Systems Research in Southern Africa: Insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS)
The CST is pleased to announce the release of a new paper on the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS). The paper reflects on the experiences of building a community of practice focused on social-ecological systems (SES) research in southern Africa over the past decade.
Centre for Sustainability Transitions Hosts Annual Research Day
The CST held its annual Research Day on January 26th. The event brought together staff, students, and affiliates to share their research and engage in discussions about sustainability transitions. The day included presentations and panel discussions covering a range of topics related to resilience, governance and energy, biodiversity and conservation, and futures and seeds.
Leading global researchers highlight urgent need for a new international panel focused on ocean sustainability in An evolution towards scientific consensus for a sustainable ocean future in NPJ Ocean Sustainability
Despite the critical importance of the ocean, there has been a lack of integrated transdisciplinary ocean science to assess the impacts of ocean change on biodiversity, land, climate systems, and society.
2023: A deepening energy crisis or a turning point?
As we enter 2023, South Africa's energy system is in dire straits with a lack of certainty about leadership at state-owned utility Eskom and conflicting policies on how to address the energy crisis. Despite this, South Africa's Investment Plan for the Just Energy Transition, presented at COP27, has received global attention as a pioneering breakthrough in the energy transition towards net zero by 2050.
2022 NRF Early Researchers Colloquium on Energy Transitions in the Global South
On the 24th of November 2022, the CST hosted an Early Career Researchers colloquium - a day of networking and knowledge sharing on research related to energy transitions in the global South. The event was made possible through funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) and hosted by the Energy Transitions research team at the CST.
PGDip 2022 End of Year Student Review
On the 23rd and 24th of November, the CST held its second annual PGDip End of Year Student Review online and in-person, respectively.
CST researcher Nina Callaghan’s Personal Reflections on COP27, Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt
Sinai has been the place of revelations in the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, divine messages coming to the prophets Elijah, Moses and Muhammed. It is an austere [...]
