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Reporting Org: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
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| Reporting Org's website | https://hsrc.ac.za/ |
| Short Name |
hsrc
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| Human Readable Name | Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) |
| Description | The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to become the largest dedicated research institute in the social sciences and humanities on the African continent, doing cutting-edge public research in areas that are crucial to development. The Council’s mandate is to: inform the effective formulation and monitoring of government policy; evaluate policy implementation; stimulate public debate through the effective dissemination of research-based data and fact-based research results; foster research collaboration; and help build research capacity and infrastructure for the human sciences. The Council conducts large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific research for public sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies. Research activities and structures are closely aligned with South Africa’s national development priorities. The HSRC’s integrated research divisions provide single points of entry – complete with a critical mass of researchers – for interdisciplinary and problem-orientated research. The organisation is home to about 500 staff members, all dedicated to support the conducting of 150-200 research projects per year on social science and humanities research. Its dedicated professional researchers, located in four provinces, are supported by a strong physical and institutional infrastructure, including technical and support positions, deployed countrywide to enable the organisation to respond efficiently and comprehensively to research needs. On another level, the HSRC seeks to serve as a knowledge hub to bridge the gap between research, policy and action, thereby increasing the impact of research. This role is implemented through collaboration with key constituencies, including government and other research organisations, multilateral agencies, universities, and non-governmental, donor and development organisations. These relationships are being strengthened by the fact that many of our leading researchers serve on international scientific bodies. The Council also monitors and evaluates policies and programmes providing objective information to assess the country’s progress in achieving its goals. Three examples of these are its contributions to monitor South Africa’s performance in implementing the country’s national HIV and AIDS strategic plans and policies; assessments of numeracy and literacy in education; and conducting an annual research and development (R&D) survey that informs the national R&D strategy. The HSRC has a strong footprint in other African countries through its affiliation with CODESRIA, participation in SADC and NEPAD, as well as hosting African Research Fellows in the organisation. The Council’s research outputs include reports for users, occasional papers and scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and a news magazine that allows the organisation to improve the public understanding of science. These are disseminated in print through the HSRC Press, through policy briefs aimed at government and policymakers, and through the media, including social media platforms, the HSRC website, conferences and extensive research networks. The Council has several world-class operational support programmes. Its finance, human resource management, enterprise and risk management, governance, legal and facilities units are well set up to provide good quality support to all research programmes and potential funders of the HSRC. |
| Reporting Org Ref |
ZA-COA-31470
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| Reporting Org ref(s) in Data |
ZA-COA-31470
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| Organisation Type | Academic, Training and Research (80) |
| HQ Country | South Africa (ZA) |
| Total Datasets | 1 |
| Datasets with Activity data | 0 |
| Datasets with Organisation data | 1 |
| Total File Size | 624 Bytes |
| Activities | 0 |
| Unique Activities | 0 |
| Organisations | 1 |
| Versions |
2.03
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| Hierarchies | |
| Licenses |
notspecified
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| Files failing schema validation | 0 |
Activities
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Financial
Budgets
The below figures are calculated based on the data contained within the <budget> element for each reported activity. Original and revised elements are based on the value declared in the budget/@type attribute. Where budgets fall across two calendar years, the month of the <period-end> date is used to determine annual groupings, with budgets for periods ending January-June added to the previous calendar year.
| Year | Count (all) | Sum (all) | Count (Original) | Sum (Original) | Count (Revised) | Sum (Revised) |
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Exploring Data
Files
| Short Name | Links | Activities (J) | Organisations (J) | File Size (J) | Version (J) |
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| hsrc-organisation-publisher | Source Url IATI Validator | 0 | 1 | 624 Bytes | 2.03 |
Recipient Countries
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Elements and Attributes Published
Organisation Identifiers
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| Org Elements | Refs | Non-Empty Refs | Org Elements | Refs | Non-Empty Refs | Valid Refs | Percentage of Org Elements with Valid Refs | |||
| Accountable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |
| Extending | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |
| Funding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |
| Implementing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |
| Provider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |
| Receiver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (J) |