Research & advocacy

The thinking behind the work.

The Foundation publishes its research in public. Sustainability, geopolitics, social systems, advocacy, science. Everything written here has informed a programme, a policy push, or a partnership.

Featured

Organic Seeds.

The founding research paper behind the Organic Seeds School Initiative. 34 pages on food sovereignty, school gardens as civic infrastructure, and what seed access actually means in southern Africa.


Library

The full archive.

Eighteen pieces published to date. Below is the current list. If you're looking for something specific, the search function is on the way.

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Organic Seeds: Food, sovereignty, and the school garden as civic infrastructure

34 pp / Sustainability
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LHFF × MOZ' BRI: Mozambique, the Belt and Road, and what young Africans stand to inherit

Geopolitics
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Social Credit × WeFree Points: A counter-proposal from the Foundation

Social systems
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The Model Protection Framework: Towards legal dignity for young women in fashion

Advocacy
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Stem cells, culture, and the future of regenerative medicine in southern Africa

Science
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The Free Trade Zone question: Who is Maputo being built for?

Geopolitics
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The honey industry in southern Africa: value chain, collapse, and the female beekeeper

Industry
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WeChat, UAE Happiness, and the state architecture of feeling

Social systems
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Clay, craft, and the informal economy in KwaZulu-Natal

Industry
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The 7 Pillars Curriculum: Theory of change

Education
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REV × LHFF: Retreat economics and the future of residential transformation

Industry
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Triangle Empowerment: A three-sided model of personal growth

Education

We publish our thinking because we expect to be argued with. That's what research in public is for.

Cheney
Founder & CEO