DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Social Policy
Pretoria, South Africa
Joined November 2017
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SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Asante sana - thank you 🙏🏾 to all who attended the 2024 Social Policy in Africa (#SPiA) conference. Appreciative thanks to the keynote speakers and session chairs.
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
#SPiA discussions on:
- Social Policy in post-pandemic Mauritius: Lessons
for Africa.
- Analysing social policy in Kenya post COVID19: Missed opportunities at critical junctures.
- Rethinking Social Policy in post COVID19 Africa:
The nexus of social policy and development.
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Robust conversations taking place at the Social Policy in Africa (#SPiA) conference.
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Dr Ilcheong Yi, from the UN Research Institute for Social Development (@UNRISD) is our closing keynote speaker at the Social Policy in Africa (#SPiA) conference.
He spoke on "New Directions in Social Policy and Alternative Economies: Lessons from and for Developing Countries."
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
In line with the 2024 #SPiA conference theme, researchers are discussing the following topics in break away sessions.
- Informal Social Policy and the Post COVID-19 Pandemic
- Education Under COVID-19 Pandemic
- Post-COVID Healthcare
- Gender, the Pandemic, and Beyond
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
The first plenary session is on the Governance of Africa’s Social Policy.
You can join the #SPiA session online ➡️ bit.ly/SPiA-CONFERENCE2024-C…
@sarchisp
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Prof Dzodzi Tsikata from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK🇬🇧 is our keynote speaker. Her keynote address is on the "States of Unlearning: Social Contracts During and After the #COVID19 Pandemic in Africa".
Join #SPiA conference➡️bit.ly/SPiA-CONFERENCE2024-C…
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Gone, yet always here, as your ideas still remain vividly fresh and indisoluble. Today we commemorate the 8th anniversary since the departure of Prof. Sam Moyo, a distinguished academic giant. We say continue to rest in Power, our Prof. Your legacy lives on.
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Pardon the title but appreciate that for the first time in a while some media houses are beginning to report in a balanced manner…yours is to analyze and determine what you make of this? 💻📚😜😂 @unisa iol.co.za/news/education/uni…
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
REMINDER: Invitation to SARChI Chair in Social Policy Webinar.
Thursday, 01 December 2022 — 11.00 - 12.30 (CAT).
Join the webinar on Microsoft Teams: bit.ly/3H7lYxt.
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Dr Eyob Balcha Gebremariam will be presenting at the panel discussion on the topic – “What does the Ethiopian experiment of developmentalism mean for Mkandawire’s model of an African Developmental State? Lessons and critical reflections.”
Register here - bit.ly/3SnEjbY
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
The 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture and Panel Discussions
Prof Daniela Gabor & Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla will be making a joint presentation at the panel discussion on the topic- “Dreams of Green Hydrogen”
Register here👇🏿
bit.ly/3SnEjbY
@DanielaGabor @nssylla
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
The 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture and Panel Discussions.
Dr Grieve Chelwa will be presenting at the panel discussion on the topic – “The 'Impossibility Argument’ and the Developmental State in 21st Century Africa”
Register here - bit.ly/3SnEjbY
@gchelwa
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Prof. Fiona Tregenna will be delivering the memorial lecture at the 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture and Panel Discussions.
Lecture topic - “Can Africa run? Industrialisation and development in Africa”.
Register here - bit.ly/3L55sOd
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
Save the date! 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture & Panel Discussions. Monday 10th Oct. 2022 at 12 noon (CAT)/10am GMT. This is a virtual event & will be translated in English & French
Register here 👇🏿
bit.ly/3L55sOd
@sarchisp @unisa @UNRISD @tmkandawire
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
On this day, 12 September 1924, #AmilcarCabral was born. He was one of the most capable and brightest leaders of African liberation. This article remembers his legacy:
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SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
@sarchisp, @CODESRIA & @UNRISD organisent la conférence commémorative et les tables rondes Thandika Mkandawire 2022 le lundi 10 octobre 2022 à 12h (CAT)/10h GMT. Il s'agit d'un évènement virtuel et sera traduit en anglais et en français. Inscrivez-vous ici bit.ly/3L55sOd
SARChI Chair in Social Policy retweeted
@sarchisp, @CODESRIA & @UNRISD, is organising the 2022 Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture & Panel Discussions on Monday 10th Oct. 2022 at 12 noon (CAT)/10am GMT. It is a virtual & will be translated in English & French. Register here bit.ly/3L55sOd
@unisa @jotadesina
