Science for transformation: research agendas and priorities in South Africa
Date: 19/09/2006
Introduction:
How do research agendas reflect and represent the research interests of different constituencies? In South Africa, public sector research is currently being steered and shaped as a means to effect reconstruction and transformation in a society in transition. South African science is driven by a very broad and ambitious transformative agenda. One of the priorities is the reconstruction of the science system to address the needs and demands of the majority of citizens. This chapter assesses to what extent the government and its various S&T agencies are succeeding in this endeavour.
