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About the School      The School of Development Studies (incorporating the Centre for Civil Society) aims to be a world leader in the study of the political economy of development and demography, and in the pursuit through research, training and activism of ... More  Focus on Africa      The School has a commitment to contribute to African scholarship in a sustained and meaningful way, and in a variety of forms.               1. BOOKS ON THE HORIZON               a) ... More  Independent Views and Comments on the School              Comments made by  Dr Robert van Niekerk, Oxford University’s Centre for the Analysis of Southern African Social Policy, ... More School of Development Studies Newsletter: February 2010 [Newsletter]   Download File  Professor Fatima Meer The School wishes to express its sadness at the passing away of Professor Fatima Meer in Durban. She was a former staff member at the Institute for Social Research (an antecedent of the School of Development Studies).  Our Graduates Work or Study in Far-flung Places      Our graduates land up working or studying further in far-flung parts of the world. For more information (derived from what our graduates tell us) see Where are they after qualifying? (As this information is supplied on an ad hoc basis, ... More  Recent Seminars (2010)             Julian May [School of Development Studies] presented a seminar titled: Digital and other poverties: Exploring the connection ... More  Latest Research Report      Now downloadable:  Bjåstad, Elise: Gender-based Violence and Development: Knowledge and Attitudes among Student Teachers. School of Development Studies Research Report, 81.       For a full list ... More  Latest Working Papers      Inflation credibility surveys in inflation-targeting countries: any lessons? by Jannie Rossouw, Vishnu Padayachee and Fanie Joubert  and Unemployment and poverty ... More  Centre for Civil Society and the School      The Centre for Civil Society was re-certified by the UKZN Senate and Council in late 2009, and is now a permanent research unit within the School of Development Studies. A new governance structure includes a Management Committee with ... More  Inaugural Occasional Critical Studies Seminar                     The Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (ccrri), the School of Development Studies (SDS), and the ... More  Research Productivity Rating      Late in 2009 the University of KwaZulu-Natal Senate elected an ad hoc sub-committee, chaired by Professor Kesh Govinder (Mathematics) to analyse Research Productivity at UKZN for the period 2004-2008 (the first five years of the merger).               It ... More	Search Site  Navigation Tips Navigation Tips Upcoming Seminars 2010    10/3 Julian May Digital and other poverties: exploring the connection in four East African countries. 17/2 Keith Hart Building the Human Economy 24/2 Clive Coetzee The Economics of South African Cities 3/3 Sandra Harding Can Men be Subjects of Feminist Thought? SDS Research Reports    Latest Research Report SDS Working Papers    Latest Working Papers Directions to our Seminar Room    Directions to our Seminar Room