Scott Drimie

Earlier processes of dialogue create the “groundwork” for later ones. Getty Images

May 27, 2025

Not just talk: how dialogue can help address complex problems

Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Scott Drimie, Stellenbosch University, and Warren Nilsson, University of Cape Town

We considered many different explanations for why some dialogue processes were more successful than others.

Professor Julian May examining food supplies in the home of Brenda Siko, who runs an unregistered early childhood development centre in Worcester’s Mandela Square informal settlement. Ashraf Hendricks

July 27, 2022

Food security ‘experts’ don’t have all the answers: community knowledge is key

Scott Drimie, Stellenbosch University and Michelle Eichinger, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

A ‘learning journey’ research process exposed a broad group of participants to local realities of the food system and childcare in a small town.

Social solidarity networks have an edge over government: speed, innovation, and local responsiveness. Getty Images

May 14, 2020

Local networks can help people in distress: South Africa’s COVID‑19 response needs them

Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Annika Surmeier, University of Cape Town; Jody Delichte, University of Cape Town, and Scott Drimie, Stellenbosch University

More effort must go into building synergies between emergent local efforts and the government response.

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Not just talk: how dialogue can help address complex problems

Food security ‘experts’ don’t have all the answers: community knowledge is key

Local networks can help people in distress: South Africa’s COVID‑19 response needs them

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