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We are thrilled to announce that Alta de Vos has joined the CST team as an Associate Professor. Alta brings an incredible breadth of interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise in social-ecological resilience and complexity, conservation systems, and sustainable use. We couldn't be more excited to have her onboard, and we look forward to the ways in which her research and insights will help shape the future of our work.

Congratulations to the exceptional group of CST students who have successfully graduated from Stellenbosch University! We applaud all the graduates for their remarkable accomplishments and wish them the very best as they embark on the next chapter of their lives.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development programme kicked off in February and welcomed 44 new students who are working professionals and recent graduates from diverse sectors, locally and a [...]

The USAID Resilient Waters Program, in partnership with the Centre for Sustainability Transitions, will be hosting an informative webinar series to reflect on lessons learned from the Resilient Waters program, which was implemented between 2018-2023, and other related initiatives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.