Methods Lab

🤔 Want to learn how Design Thinking & Landscape Analysis can boost your research?
🚀 Join our webinar & discover innovative tools to strengthen your scholarly projects!
📅 10 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–12:45
🎤 Speaker: Mr. Mbekezeli Khumalo

🔗 Register here: ujmethodslab.africa

🌍✨ Happy Heritage Day! ✨🌍

Let’s honour our heritage by learning from the past, celebrating the present, and building innovative futures together.
🔗 Learn more about us: www.ujmethodslab.africa

#HeritageDay #UJMethodsLab #Ubuntu #DiversityInResearch #UJML

⏰ Reminder!
Join our #NewTechForAfrica Webinar: Editing Power: How to Change the World One Wikipedia Article at a Time .
🗓️Fri, 26 Sept | ⏱️ 12:00–12:45
🎙️Bobby Shabangu
Register here: ujmethodslab.africa/events/eaf34...

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The UJ Methods Lab had the privilege of attending the Career Summit in Sandton on 12 September, where we gained valuable insights from an incredible lineup of thought leaders and industry experts. 🌟

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You’re warmly invited to the 2nd New Tech for Africa Webinar: Editing Power – How to Change the World One Wikipedia Article at a Time! Led by Bobby Shabangu and hosted by the UJ Methods Lab.

FRI, 19 SEPT | 12:00 – 12:45
@wikimediaza.bsky.social

Episode 2 of African Discoveries, powered by UJ Methods Lab, is dropping soon! We’re joined by Dr. Sizwe Dlamini as we explore fresh perspectives and insights on African knowledge and languages. 🌍

📅THUR, 11 September | Available on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7g38...

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🎙️ African Discoveries | Ep. 2

We sit down with Dr. Sizwe Dlamini to unpack SHAKAI, linguistic justice & the future of AI in Africa.
📅 Thurs, 11 Sept | 🎧 On Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6v451el...

👉 Stay tuned & follow us on Spotify for more!
Powered by UJ Methods Lab

Join us for our first-ever New Tech for Africa Webinar with Prof. Mpho Primus.

Discover how AI-powered sentiment analysis uncovers opinions & meaning in text—from policy debates to everyday narratives.
🗓️ 05 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–12:30
Join us: ujmethodslab.africa/events/79a0d...

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As Women’s Month ends, we celebrate Sindisiwe Mazibuko a Research Psychologist, PhD candidate & Project Manager at the UJ Methods Lab. Her leadership, research expertise & dedication inspire us daily. 🌸 #WomensMonth #UJMethodsLab

In celebration of Women’s Month, we joined the OR Tambo School of Leadership for a review of Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo — a powerful story of resilience and the voices of black women in apartheid South Africa. ✨📖

Join us for AI-Driven Semantic Analysis with Prof. Mpho Primus, hosted by the UJ Methods Lab.
Discover how AI tools like GPT & BERT can unlock meaning in research.

📅05 Sept | 🕛 12:00–12:30
30-min live session + Q&A

Click on the link here to join: zoom.us/j/9616015933...

We had the privilege of attending the CNBC Africa AI Summit 2025, where global and African leaders, innovators, and thinkers came together to explore the transformative power of AI.
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Meet our friend & celebrated partner at the UJML, Prof Puleng Segalo who is a psychologist, artist & social justice advocate. Growing up in a South African township during apartheid ignited her passion for social justice, mental well-being, and understanding human behaviour.

🌸 Happy Women’s Day! 🌸
Today we celebrate the brilliance, resilience, and impact of women in research, academia, and beyond.
At the UJ Methods Lab, we honour the women who inspire innovation, lead with courage, and shape a better future through knowledge. 💡📚✨

#HappyWomensDay #UJMethodsLab

Join us on 21 August 2025 for an inspiring dialogue exploring innovative research methods that center African voices and experiences.

🗓 RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
⏰ 2–5 PM (WAT) | 4–7 PM (CAT) | 5–8 PM (EAT)
🔗 www.africavoicesdialogue.africa

Reimagine research through African and decolonial lenses. Join the UJ Methods Lab and be part of the shift. Sign up today: www.ujmethodslab.africa

We’re launching a bold new series that celebrates and promotes African Science. In our debut episode, Shaun for Thought speaks with Prof. Kevin Durrheim about pioneering ideas that shape the future of the continent.

🔗 UJML Podcast on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5w1u...

Coming soon: The UJML Podcast!🔥

In Ep. 1, Shaun Muobeleheni chats with Prof. Kevin Durrheim on research methods, and what it means to make knowledge for Africa, in Africa.
Stay tune!!!
Follow us on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5w1u...

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In 2019, East & South East Asia led global research and development spending with $891B (36.8%), followed by North America at $706B (29.2%). Meanwhile, Africa accounted for just 1% of global R&D investment.
Innovation drives progress - it's time to close the gap.

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African science fuels global progress.

When we uplift and invest in diverse talent, we build a future where discovery and innovation truly serve all people.

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Welcome to UJ Methods Lab!

We are reimagining research training through an African-centred, decolonial lens. Join us as we transform the landscape of research and learning across the continent.

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