By Lily Manoim, graduate of PARI's Organisational and Institutional Studies programme. This is article is grounded in her Master's thesis. Volume 5 - Issue 1 - 2025 | New Sociological...
This Is OIS is a journey into the research topics and methodologies of the students of OIS - Organisational and Institutional Studies at Wits University. Episode 5: What's behind poor...
by Vincent Obisie-Orlu [This article was first published on Business Live] In May Royal Dutch Shell lost what is considered a precedent setting climate change case for oil companies. The...
By Michael Asikabulu, OIS Honours Student [first published in Daily Maverick] The decision of the government of Nigeria on Friday, 4 June 2021 to suspend Twitter operations in the...
by Vincent Obisie-Orlu, OIS Honours Student [first published in Business Day] The concept of environmental, social & governance (ESG) entails three factors that have been overlooked in measuring firms’ compliance...
Congratulations to OIS students Musa Sithole and Jabu Hlatshwayo who have been awarded fellowships in the "Institutional transformations for sustainable urban mobilities in urban Africa" project, led by Dr Njogu...
The Organisational and Institutional Studies programme at Wits University started with first block lectures last week, with a whole new team for 2021. Dr Federica Duca, who leads the OIS...
By Patrick Kadima In 1999 two teenage Africans from Guinea were found in the landing gear of an Airbus operated by the now defunct Belgian airline known as Sabena. What...
By Patrick Kadima In 2014, Africa was faced with the Ebola epidemic, which affected mainly West African countries, causing fatalities and disrupting the economic sectors.During that, certain African leaders made...
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