About the Press

MISTRA’s work is designed with the intention of impacting on policy-making and in so doing seeks to be a change agent in society. Our work seeks to contribute to the developmental challenges faced by South Africa using various channels.

MISTRA does not simply conduct research in-house and present the final outcome – books and policy briefs – to decision-makers. Each research project undertaken consists of a project team coordinated by a full-time MISTRA researcher which comprises of academics, field experts and policy-makers and practitioners. Through this approach policy-makers are engaged with the research throughout the process and thus the research organically interacts with their own policy-development processes.

Through the duration of MISTRA’s research projects a series of workshops are held involving a wider network of experts and policy-makers to test the hypotheses and outcomes of the research at its different stages and ensure that the final outcome adequately addresses the policy-making challenges. At the end of the research project a public conference is held to communicate the outcome of the research and to broaden the public discourse.