SARChI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change Archives — University of the Western Cape

13 October 2026

Reflections from the 2026 Annual David Sanders Lecture in Public Health and Social Justice: The Systems Behind Violence: Power, Profit and Prevention in Cape Town

The 2026 Annual David Sanders Lecture in Public Health and Social Justice brought together critical perspectives on one of Cape Town’s most pressing public health challenges: violence. Held under the theme “The Systems Behind Violence: Power, Profit and Prevention in Cape Town,” the lecture invited participants to look beyond individual acts of violence and consider the wider systems, social conditions and power structures that shape violence and society’s responses to it.

2 July 2026

Risk Communication in Pharmacovigilance: Lessons from Vaccine Safety Communication in a Complex Information Environment

The Centre of Excellence, will lead initiatives to strengthen pharmacovigilance activities in South Africa and more broadly in the Southern African Region.

2 July 2026

School of Public Health highlights the importance of trauma-informed research and community health worker well-being at Global Mental Health Symposium

Three SoPH scholars presented at the World Universities Network Global Mental Health Symposium at the University of Cape Town

30 June 2026

School Of Public Health Hosts UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor: Prof Robert Balfour to a walk-about

The School of Public Health [SoPH] was highly honoured to host the Rector and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape on a walk-about.

25 June 2026

The good bold days – Rethinking the fight for gender equality and human rights

The world of 2026 is marked by overlapping crises that continue to expose the fragility of our systems and the persistence of inequality.

20 February 2025

Call for Applications – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025: Food Environments (Two Positions)

The Food Environment Research group (a collective from Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Public Health and the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security) at the University of the Western Cape under the leadership of Prof Rina Swart is seeking two Post-doctoral Research Fellows to work on projects related to the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) and Indigenous and Neglected Crops (INC).

4 February 2025

Call for Applications – DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 (1 post)

The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (SOPH) is seeking to appoint one Postdoctoral Fellow attached to the SARCHI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change (Prof Asha George) and her collaborators, beginning as soon as possible in 2025. Please read the eligibility requirements carefully before applying.

31 May 2024

FEMINIST FIESTA workshop: Validating African perspectives on gender transformative approaches in health

The three-day validation workshop held in Cape Town from May 8-10, 2024, brought together 20 feminist - researchers, academics, implementers, and activists from 12 countries and 16 institutions in Africa.

16 February 2023

DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change – Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 – Learning Partnership Project for a Gender Transformative Approach (LP4GT)

The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (SOPH), is seeing to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellows attached to the SARCHI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change (Prof Asha George) and her collaborators, beginning as soon as possible in 2023.