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Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) Scholarships

- - Post-Doctoral Fellowships Scholarship by Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)
  - Fellows will receive funding for two years on the university's standard post-doctoral package. Additional funding for research expenses and conference travel may be available. Fellows will be required to undertake up to 8 hours work a week for WiSER.
- - Doctoral Fellowship Scholarship by Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)
  - Fellows will receive funding for three years; the package for the first year will be R180 000. This will cover university fees, research expenses and provide a living allowance. Some assistance with conference funding may also be available. Fellows will be required to undertake up to 5 hours work a

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Established by Deborah Posel in September 2001 WISER very quickly established itself as the pre-eminent interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences in South Africa, and one of the most influential globally. The institute draws on a history of advanced interdisciplinary research at Wits that dates back to the late 1960s, but over the last decade, in particular, it has pursued five main objectives with distinctive energy and enterprise. These are: to foster independent, critical inquiry into the complexities and paradoxes of change in South Africa; to conduct this ... read more