NISC News
Call for Papers: Funding Cuts in HIV/AIDS Research
7 July 2025 •
Announcements & Notices
The diverse, deleterious effects of cuts in HIV/AIDS funding for research and practical interventions took many in the field by surprise and they continue to grapple with them.
In response, the African Journal of AIDS Research...
Call for papers: Special issue on AI and Ornithology
26 June 2025 •
Announcements & Notices
Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology will be publishing a special issue, focusing on the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Ornithology. This special issue aims to showcase innovative research that applies AI to advance...
Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
9 June 2025 •
Announcements & Notices
Identifying and naming every plant and animal in nature is a challenging endeavour. Zoologist, Dr Fortunate Phaka has taken on this task by leading the first in-depth study of how frogs and reptiles are named...
Call for Papers: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
26 May 2025 •
Announcements & Notices
Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work may be understood either as continuing Husserl’s imperative to ‘return to the things themselves’, or as advancing the phenomenological movement to the pinnacle of its most radical expression. In either case, Merleau-Ponty...
Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients
23 May 2025 •
Announcements & Notices
Hospital malnutrition, particularly disease-related malnutrition (DRM), is a significant public health concern associated with increased morbidity, mortality and costs. Malnutrition often goes undetected in hospitals, particularly in countries such as South Africa, where many people...