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Health Research and its contribution to South Africa’s democracy
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2022-08)
Freedom of speech encompasses freedom of research and is an important component of any democracy. Health research, and communication around this research, have contributed to strengthening South Africa's democracy. Generally, ...
Mental Health and the role of traditional healers
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2022)
Webinar presented on 8 July 2022 by the Academy of Science of South Africa. The provision of treatment, care and rehabilitation services for people with Mental, Neurological and Substance use (MNS) disorders is a multisectoral ...
Impact of climate change on food systems: Using transdisciplinary science to drive mitigation and adaptation solutions to protect and promote health
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2022)
A recent systems-based approach to tackling climate change and health issues, from the global InterAcademy Partnership and its regional academy networks, examined how science can guide innovation, policy and practice for ...
Annual National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) Meeting
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2022-11)
ASSAf’s Scholarly Publishing Programme (SPP) hosted its annual National Scholarly Editors’ Forum (NSEF) two-days meeting on 21 and 22 November 2022. The NSEF annual meeting is an opportunity for scholarly journal editors ...
ASSAf Webinar for New Editors – DHET Research Output Policy Implementation
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023-02-14)
ASSAf webinar hosted by the Scholarly Publishing Programme staff for new journal editors on 14 February 2023. The aim was to make them aware of the DHET Research Output Policy and to answer questions related to the ...
ASSAf Webinar for New Editors – Scholarly Publishing Code of Best Practice
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023-03-22)
ASSAf webinar hosted by the Scholarly Publishing Programme staff for new journal editors on 22 March 2023. The aim was to provide new editors of South African scholarly journals with the tools to implement publishing best ...
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Scholarly Writing and Publishing
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023-03-23)
Artificial Intelligence is changing the world in ways never seen before, and it is impossible to let it go unnoticed. The webinar on “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Scholarly Writing & Publication” follows ...
ASSAf Humanities Book Awards Ceremony 2023
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023)
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is happy to announce its winners for the Humanities Book Prize Awards for 2023. These awards are made every year to honour the importance and contribution of scholarly texts ...
ASSAf Webinar for New Editors – What it means to be a journal editor
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023)
ASSAf webinar hosted by the Scholarly Publishing Programme staff for new journal editors on 24 April 2023. Journal editors from a range of disciplines shared their personal experiences of being an editor of a scholarly ...
ASSAf Webinar for New Editors – Tips on Editorial Processes
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2023)
This webinar was presented on 30 May 2023. It addressed and discussed the following: The editorial process, from submission to publication; Peer-review and different approaches to peer-review; Quality control incl. plagiarism ...