News

  • SU researchers awarded UNESCO Chair

    The UNESCO Chair in Complex Systems and Transformative African Futures has been awarded to two Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers, Associate Professor Rika Preiser and Tanja Hichert, who are based at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST).

  • Dialogue Series at SU bring students and staff together to fight climate change

    During our time as students at Stellenbosch University (SU), we have been involved in student activism around climate change. We’ve had numerous discussions on this topic with a range of student societies, the Student Representative Council (SRC) and various staff members.

  • Call for applications: PhD/Masters bursary for 2023

    We seek motivated individuals interested to pursue a PhD or Masters linked to the “Inequality and the Biosphere” project. These individuals should have a keen interest in sustainability science, an ability to integrate across the social and natural sciences, and enjoy collaboration and working in teams.

  • Call for applications: Masters bursaries for 2023

    We seek motivated individuals interested to pursue a Masters degree linked to the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative, who have a keen interest in sustainability, biodiversity and transition-related research, an interest and ability to integrate across the social and natural sciences, and who enjoy collaboration and working in teams.

  • Applications now open for PGDip Sustainable Development 2023

    Applications opened this week for the PGDip Sustainable Development programme for 2023.

  • Compost the box

    I recently spent a few weeks at the Lynedoch Eco Village in Stellenbosch. As I experienced the community ties, the infrastructure, and the environmentally friendly alternatives to building and living, I was in awe. Could this be the alternative to dilapidated mined out ghost towns?

  • It’s a jungle out there: Navigating the research ethics application process

    On behalf of the Departmental Ethics Screening Committee, Wendy McCallum recently presented an overview of the ethics application process, looking at why it is important, what it entails, and helpful hints. Reviewers have picked up some recurring issues in ethics applications and Wendy's presentation provides guidance on how to avoid them.

  • CST PGDip: Cultivating the capacity to respond to an increasingly uncertain world

    The Centre for Sustainability Transitions’ Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development kicked off in February with a cohort of 45 students.

  • South Africa’s contested transition to energy democracy

    A collection of insights emerging from the national large-scale renewable energy programme.