Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
The 4th International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices
The International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP) strives to create a collaborative atmosphere of transdisciplinary curiosity, in which conference attendees are encouraged to grapple with knowledge practices. Read more.
The 4th International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices
The International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP) strives to create a collaborative atmosphere of transdisciplinary curiosity, in which conference attendees are encouraged to grapple with knowledge practices. Read more.
UNISA’s ISHS and Imbumbe Yabafazi celebrate Women’s Day 2024 with the third collaborative installment of their event titled Shaping Our Future
On the eve of Women’s Day which is celebrated across the nation, Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) together with community outreach unit Imbumbe Yabazi, hosted the third annual Shaping Our Future event. This year’s theme was Healing our Women – Healing our World. Continuing the tradition of highlighting the dynamic work done in several low-income communities in Region G, women from these communities together with guest speakers from near and far gathered in the spirit of healing and ubuntu to share their stories, encourage one another in song and praise and strengthen networks. Read more.
UNISA’s ISHS and Imbumbe Yabafazi celebrate Women’s Day 2024 with the third collaborative installment of their event titled Shaping Our Future
On the eve of Women’s Day which is celebrated across the nation, Unisa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) together with community outreach unit Imbumbe Yabazi, hosted the third annual Shaping Our Future event. This year’s theme was Healing our Women – Healing our World. Continuing the tradition of highlighting the dynamic work done in several low-income communities in Region G, women from these communities together with guest speakers from near and far gathered in the spirit of healing and ubuntu to share their stories, encourage one another in song and praise and strengthen networks. Read more.
Injury Mortality Surveillance Academic Seminar: Data and Research on Injury Priorities in Gauteng
The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Health Forensic Pathology Services and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, hosted the first-ever academic seminar on Data and Research on Injury Priorities in Gauteng. Read more.
Injury Mortality Surveillance Academic Seminar: Data and Research on Injury Priorities in Gauteng
The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Health Forensic Pathology Services and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, hosted the first-ever academic seminar on Data and Research on Injury Priorities in Gauteng. Read more.
Injury Mortality Surveillance Colloquium Report “Toward the 2030 Violence Prevention Agenda”
Unisa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) in partnership with the Mpumalanga Department of Health, hosted the second injury mortality surveillance colloquium. Read more.
Injury Mortality Surveillance Colloquium Report “Toward the 2030 Violence Prevention Agenda”
Unisa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) in partnership with the Mpumalanga Department of Health, hosted the second injury mortality surveillance colloquium. Read more.
From Cape to Cairo: A Black Love Tribute to Azania
The BlackHouse Kollective (BHK), in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the UNISA Institute of Social and Health Sciences, co-hosted the Soweto Winter School from the 25th to the 28th of July 2024. Read more.
From Cape to Cairo: A Black Love Tribute to Azania
The BlackHouse Kollective (BHK), in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and the UNISA Institute of Social and Health Sciences, co-hosted the Soweto Winter School from the 25th to the 28th of July 2024. Read more.
The Institute for Social Health Sciences (ISHS) is an Africa-centred space for community-engaged scholars and activists of an internationalist orientation. Those who are embedded within the Institute tend to situate themselves in transdisciplinary and liberatory knowledge practices, as well as compassionate community engagement, in the service of human development. The ISHS seeks to develop the collective as well as the individual contributions of its researchers, and harness their expertise within the social, psychological and public health sciences towards producing knowledges and actions which are able to deepen the ways by which we understand social, psychological and health phenomena, and how we may begin to transform the social and health sciences more generally.
The ISHS finds expression for its vision, mission, strategic goals and principles through three programmes. They are:
Last modified: 2025/02/21
