MISTRA’s extensive network uniquely positions it to bring together various sectors of society to brainstorm difficult issues in a non-pressured environment, free from the constraints of formal, mandated interaction.
In addition, 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.
Strategic Reflections
Join us for an upcoming strategic reflection, or browse our past events.
The launch of The MISTRA Coalitions Barometer 2026
7 October 2026
Zoom
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
MISTRA has produced a report on every election since 2014, and the seminal book on coalitions: Marriages of Inconvenience: The politics of coalitions in South Africa. From this research, MISTRA...
Explore Past Strategic Reflections
Access lectures, presentations and photos of past events arising either from the Institute’s research programme or from discussion and consultation with partners in the policy-making and research communities.
MISTRA FORUM ON AFRICA & GEOPOLITICS Imagining the World in 2040
Book Launch: Reflections on Women and Social Change in South Africa: MISTRA Collected Works
Traditional Leadership in South Africa’s Democratic Constitution
Cypress Place North, Woodmead Business Park,
142 Western Service Road, Woodmead, Johannesburg
© 2026 MISTRA. All rights reserved. Designed by Design for Development and MPULL.
Mapungubwe landscape and artefact images courtesy of the University of Pretoria Museums and Africa Media Online