Thanks to all who joined #SCISSEMINARS in the first half of 2025!. We’re back Thursday, 31 July 2025, hybrid format, 12h30–14h00. Join us in person at Wits for lunch + critical debate, or connect online. 📩 Subscribe here:

We’re excited to share that Dr Ujithra Ponniah will be speaking at Rhodes University’s event on Interrogating Inequality in Post-1994 South Africa. Her talk, “Studying Up: Inequality Perspectives from the Global South”.Don’t miss this important conversation. #Inequality

RT @IEJ_SA: The @REFAFestival is back! . After a pause in 2024, #REFAFEST2025 returns with a one-day gathering of bold ideas and radical al….

#SCISNEWRESEARCH.We are excited to announce that Taylor & Francis Group has made this entire issue free to read until the end of 2025. You can freely access the articles that aren’t open-access for a limited time. 🔓📚 #OpenAccess. Access the journals here 👉.

RT @iValodia: Excited that papers of @Wits_SCIS project on Wealth and Elites in the Global South, led by Aroop Chatterjee now published :….

"Green hydrogen and the political economy of decarbonisation and extractivism in Southern Africa".She will be presenting on:."Green hydrogen and the political economy of decarbonization and extractivism in Southern Africa".📅 26 June 2025.🕧 12h30–14h00.📍 Hybrid event.Register

#Opportunity alert!.Call for proposal: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Digitalisation, Markets and Labour. (Wits Post-Doctoral Programme, Social Dimensions of Digital Economy, Department of Science & Innovation). As part of the Social Dimensions of Digital Economy (SDDE)

📢 .📢 #SCISNEWRESEARCH.Price discrimination in merger review in South Africa: Implications of recent case precedent.📝 By @RahmaLeuner , @jasonaproskie , @iValodia Arabo Ewinyu. Can firms use data from mergers to sharpen price discrimination, without gaining market power?.This

After a long week and Youth Month celebrations, we’re back with another #SCISSeminar!.Join us as we host @YangaZembe, seasoned researcher and associate professor in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), who will present

Here is the special issue on the Canadian Journal of Development Studies: Wealth Inequality and Elites in the Global South, guest edited by SCIS’s Aroop Chatterjee. Read the journal article 👉 @ishanjsr @anjana_thampi @UjithraP @jessie_sklair @alicekrozer

👉 Reflect with us: How do perspectives from the Global South challenge our understanding of critical issues like energy transition and social protection?.This video highlights some of the research presented at the conference, ideas that challenge conventional thinking and help

#SCISSeminars.Last week, we hosted Dr Mbuso, who presented a seminar on "Accumulation, extractivism and dispossession in contemporary Zimbabwe." We would like to thank Dr Mbuso for the valuable insights he shared during the conversation.

📢#SCISNewresearch.Enabling inclusive economic eco-systems. New journal article by Stacey-Leigh Josepha & Geci Karuri-Sebina @geci . This study explores how local governments, using existing mandates, can help reduce inequality, not just through welfare, but by shaping inclusive

RT @ARUA_ACEIR: 🪘 An excellent opportunity for many in our network!. @SALDRU1 @IAFFE @ISSERUG @DPRU_UCT @nkechi_owoo @Monica_Lambon @shifa_….

🌍 Join us on 12 June 2025 for the launch of the Care–Climate Conceptual Framework Working Paper!.📝 This paper outlines the conceptual linkages between climate change and care work. 📅 Date: 12 June 2025.🕓 Time: 16h00–17h30.💻 Online | Zoom.🔗 Register now

#SCISSEMINAR.📢 Join us on 12 June 2025 for a hybrid seminar with Tereza Varejkova (PhD candidate, University of Maryland, College Park) on:.“Large-Scale Irrigation and Water Use Inequality in South Africa”.🕧 Time: 12h30.📍 SCIS Lecture Theatre, North Lodge, Parktown.💻 Online

#SCISNewresearch.We’re thrilled to announce the release of our special issue Wealth Inequality and Elites in the Global South in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies – out June 2025!.Guest edited by Aroop Chatterjee, lead of our Wealth Inequality stream. Read the full

📢 CALL FOR PROPOSALS.Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Digital Platforms & Markets (Wits Post-Doctoral Programme – Social Dimensions of Digital Economy, Department of Science & Innovation).As part of the SDDE partnership between Wits University and South Africa’s Department