Start with the question
Let the problem determine the method, rather than forcing it into a disciplinary category.
Independent research
Ideas examined
in full.
GreyScienx publishes original analysis for general readers. Each study states its assumptions, weighs uncertainty and links to the complete paper.
29published studies
6series
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The archive
Follow the inquiry
Research, arranged by series.
Each series follows a question across several papers. Readers can begin with the overview, trace the argument and open every manuscript in full.
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Household Economics
How household formation and early financial choices shape the cost of living, saving and lifetime financial resilience.
2 papers02Population Futures
Twelve connected studies of ageing, work, fertility, retirement, inheritance and fiscal pressure.
12 papers03The R350 Counterfactual
What South Africa might have built with the SRD budget—and what society would have lost by withholding it.
5 papers04Strategic Industrialisation
Industrial systems that move South African mineral and capital capacity further up the value chain.
6 papers05African Convergence
South Africa’s economy, cities and industrial role in a substantially richer African continent.
3 papers06Wealth and Place
How property, geography and inheritance carry economic advantage across generations.
1 paper02
How we work
The reporting method
The question leads. The evidence decides.
The subject may change. The standard does not: define the question, explain how the answer was reached and give readers enough evidence to disagree.
Show the reasoning
State the evidence, assumptions, uncertainty and conditions under which the conclusion could fail.
Keep the full record
Publish the complete manuscript so readers can inspect the argument for themselves.
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Editorial standards
Clarity without shortcuts
Plain language. Visible methods.
Explain the argument in plain language and connect consequential claims to evidence.
Use scenarios to test scale and trade-offs without presenting estimates as forecasts.
Use design to clarify the work, never to substitute for it.
Keep limitations, counterarguments and the conditions for being wrong in view.