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Advancing social change in South Africa through transformative research

ABSTRACT The role of researchers in a context of adversity can be expanded in ways that increase their ability to contribute to positive social change. By using a transformative mixed methods approach to research, social transformation is built into the research process by framing research in a human rights and social justice way that supports community-based action to solve problems. Examples from South Africa and elsewhere illustrate the application of the transformative paradigm to research and on-going challenges that researchers face in addressing so-called wicked problems, such as human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/Aids), violence and poverty.