Wits Link Centre

The LINK Centre in Johannesburg is an interdisciplinary academic hub based at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM) and the Wits Tshimologong Digital Precinct. The LINK team teaches, researches and advises on a wide range of information and communication technology (ICT), innovation, and digital transformation matters in South African, African and other Global Southern contexts. The LINK Centre works at the intersections of law, policy studies, political science, economics, sociology, informatics, information science, engineering, media studies, management, and development studies. It offers PhD and Master's programmes in Interdisciplinary Digital Knowledge Economy Studies, and in ICT Policy and Regulation (ICTPR).