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Towards a Low Carbon City: Focus on Durban
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011)
This report on Towards a Low Carbon City: Focus on Durban aims to address both mitigation and adaptation opportunities for the city of Durban. The critical issue of transitioning to a low carbon city in the face of serious ...
Report on Grouped Peer Review of Scholarly Journals in Communication and Information Sciences
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2019)
The peer review report entitled Report on Grouped Peer Review of Scholarly Journals in Communication and Information Sciences is the ninth in a series of discipline-grouped evaluations of South African scholarly journals. ...
Scholarly Books: Their Production, Use and Evaluation in South Africa Today
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2009)
This consensus study addresses the world of book publishing in and from South Africa. It explores the special scholarly virtues of these works and the contributions they make to ‘the literature’ and to the general advancement ...
The State of Biosafety and Biosecurity in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2015)
This consensus study report presents the findings of a systematic assessment of the state of biosafety and biosecurity in South Africa, including an evaluation of legislation, regulations and practices at both national and ...
Report on Grouped Peer Review of Scholarly Journals in the Health Sciences and Related Medical Fields
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014)
This report marks the forth in the series of discipline-grouped evaluations of South African scholarly journals. Ultimately, it is intended that all scholarly journals in the country will have been subjected to independent, ...
African Open Science Platform Part 1: Landscape Study
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2019-08)
This report maps the African landscape of Open Science – with a focus on Open Data as a sub-set of Open Science. Data to inform the landscape study were collected through a variety of methods, including surveys, desk ...
South Africa’s Technical Readiness to Support the Shale Gas Industry
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)
The consensus report titled South Africa’s Technical Readiness to Support the Shale Gas
Industry was produced by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in collaboration
with the South African Academy of Engineering ...
First Biennial Report to Cabinet on the State of Climate Change : Science and Technology in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)
This report aligns with the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) of the government of South Africa, which in turn stems from the work of the National Planning Commission and its National Development Plan (NDP). Outcome ...
Second Biennial Report on the State of Climate Science and Technology in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2019)
This is the second biennial report on the State of Climate Science and Technology in South Africa, commissioned by the Departments of Science and Innovation (DSI) and Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, and compiled by ...
Report on Grouped Peer Review of Scholarly Journals in Mathematics and Science
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
The peer review report entitled Report on Grouped Peer Review of Scholarly Journals in Mathematics and Science is the 12th in a series of discipline-grouped evaluations of South African scholarly journals. This is part of ...