Collaborations

WiSER in 2018

Submitted by Victoria Hume on 7 February, 2018 - 15:39

WiSER in 2018

 

WiSER's Shireen Hassim and Bongani Madondo report on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Submitted by Victoria Hume on 9 April, 2018 - 10:11

"Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: revolutionary who kept the spirit of resistance alive" 

Read the full article by Shireen Hassim for the Conversation here

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And Bongani Madondo's piece for the Sunday Times below:

 

Digital Identity and Data Privacy in Africa : Research Notes and Links

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 29 October, 2019 - 08:12 
https://wiser.wits.ac.za/ResearchingDigID

Tools for researching Digital Identity on the African Continent

Use a documentary database management tool – Zotero https://www.zotero.org (keeping track of the changing web, sharing)

* Good summary overview : Gelb and Metz Identification Revolution

Bhalisa 4 : The global politics of northern European systems of population registration

Specimen Norwegian ID CardA Bhalisa symposium
Location : Hosted by University of Bergen, Faculty of Law
June 27 – 29, 2022

Two Wits professors awarded Science for Society Gold Medals

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 24 October, 2022 - 11:43

Two Wits professors awarded Science for Society Gold Medals


The Academy of Science of South Africa has awarded its highest honour, Science for Society Gold Medals, to Wits Professors Karen Hofman and Achille Mbembe.

 

ASSAf annually awards ASSAf Science for Society Gold Medals in recognition of outstanding achievements by individuals. Up to two Gold Medals are awarded per annum for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking for the benefit of society.

Standard Bank Chair in African Trust Infrastructures

Keith Breckenridge, November 2022

WISER is pleased to announce a new, long-term research project into African Trust Infrastructures.  With generous support from Standard Bank we will be hosting a new doctoral research programme examining the development of digital population registration systems, and their effects on institutions. 

Contents:

IUSSP Fellowship and Orientation Week

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 15 February, 2023 - 00:00

https://iussp.org/en/population-registers-ethics-and-human-rights-initiative

Population Registers, Ethics, and Human Rights

An IUSSP initiative carried out in collaboration with WiSER, ISER & IIGH with the aid of a grant from IDRC. 

Rights and Ethics in Biometric Population Registration : Mapping the limits of digital recognition and the drivers of exclusion

Submitted by Anonymous on 5 June, 2023 - 09:03

Under the pressure of the continent’s demography and a powerful alliance of donors, technology firms, local banks and governments, many African states have begun to adopt new technologies of identification linked to mobile finance systems.  These projects are not all alike, but they are typically organised around the use of biometric identification tools aimed at adult populations.

Institut Francais de Pondycherry | Digital & Society: Social Sciences Winter School

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 6 November, 2023 - 10:25

Between November 12 and 19, the Trust Doctoral fellows will be attending a week long Winter School in Pondycherry, India hosted by the Institut Francais de Pondycherry. 

For more information follow this link:  https://www.ifpindia.org/ifp-in-spotlight/digital-society-social-science...

Spatial Typologies and the Built Environment: Navigating African Urban Landscapes

WiSER/UMichigan Mellon Collaboration

May 6-7, 2019 | WiSER

MONDAY MAY 6

The Art of Democracy in Africa

The final Mellon-funded University of Michigan/Wiser Conference

26-30 May 2024

Project Page | IUSSP Initiative on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 1 October, 2022 - 00:00

The overall purpose of this initiative is to infuse interdisciplinary perspectives, drawing on perspectives from law, history, economics, public policy, demography, and public health, to address the ethical and human rights challenges that are emerging as population register systems are modernized and digitized.  We set out the basic elements of the collaboration on this page.

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