Youth, relational wellbeing, and the future of the Global South: insights from the u’GOOD!? inaugural conference in Dar es Salaam

In October 2025, the HSRC, in partnership with the National Research Foundation of South Africa and Fondation Botnar, with support from the Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology, hosted the inaugural u’GOOD!? conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The three-day capacity-strengthening event brought together more than 100 researchers and partners from nine Global South countries to deepen collaboration, enhance research and grant management capacity, generate interdisciplinary insights on youth wellbeing and build a community of practice grounded in relational wellbeing.