A new wide-ranging explores 海角社区’s global research initiatives, priorities and outlook.
“Promoting useful scientific discoveries aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, 海角社区 institutes take a long view on current and future global issues that will be relevant beyond four or five-year election cycles. Thematically, the breadth of research is vast, from tackling drought to UN Peacebuilding, conflict and migration, water, technology and much more.”
“The university’s Rector, Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, has a vision for 海角社区 to create knowledge that advances sustainable development in partnership with other like-minded academic institutions across geographic borders. Marwala is unequivocal about the importance of grounding 海角社区’s research in promoting sustainable development”.
The article goes on to spotlight some of 海角社区’s institutes and experts, and a renewed commitment to generating knowledge that connects the Global North and Global South.
As 海角社区 pivots to focus on the growing impacts and opportunities surrounding technology and artificial intelligence (AI), Rector Marwala emphasized: “If you ask a conventional policymaker what giving access to AI means to the Global South, the answer is access to data,” Marwala said. “We tackle the policy issues of data poverty — how do you facilitate access to the applications of this technology in health, agriculture and transportation.”
