Population Studies & Development Studies

Our Research

     We engage in multi-disciplinary development and policy-support research, as well as capacity-building. The internationally recognised team of researchers specialises in the following areas: civil society; globalisation; industry and urban development; macroeconomics and finance; poverty and inequality; social policy; labour markets and the informal economy; demographic research; the economics of the household; reproductive health; and social aspects of HIV/AIDS.

      Researchers in Population Studies and Development Studies are actively involved in collaborative projects. Some examples of longstanding collaboration are: Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy ; Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research ; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ; International Development and Research Centre; Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing; South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit ; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies.

For further details on the themes and research projects (completed and current) see the panel on the right hand side of these pages.

HIV/AIDS, gender, race and the environment are cross-cutting themes running through much of our research. Our approach to analysis in any of the themes listed recognises that development is a process of change in different aspects of society and the economy. Political institutions and dynamics shape the outcomes of these changes and as such are integral to all our analysis.

Occupational Health and Safety Research Meeting in Peru

From left to right, Sally Roever, urban policy specialist, Washington DC; Laura Alfers, WIEGO Research Officer on Occupational Health and Safety Programme, and PhD student ...

Knowledge for Coastal Governance

Dr Mvuseselo Ngcoya; Ms Catherine Sutherland; Ms Andisiwe Jukuda; Professor Dianne Scott and Dr Louis Celliers.
Dianne ...

Indigenous Vegetables (Imifino) in KwaZulu-Natal

Mvuselelo Ngcoya is involved in a research project which seeks to investigate ...

Seminar Archive

Catherine Burns presented a seminar entitled 'Fluids, Stigma and Body Knowledge: the social history of reproductive health'
on 14 November, 2012.

Catherine is based at the University of ...

KIDS 2004 (Version 1-1)

KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Survey (KIDS) 2004 has been updated. The latest release is version 1-1.

International Study on Informal Economy