Posted on July 12, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an associate professor of public economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at UP, writes about the new Chair in Municipal Finance at the University’s African Tax Institute and its role in transforming municipal finance.
Posted on July 11, 2024
The fourth annual Pretoria-Stellenbosch PhD Workshop in Economics took place on 9 July.
Posted on June 27, 2024
Forty alumni from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were honoured during the EMS Dean’s List ceremony. This annual event is hosted to celebrate the achievements of students who have maintained a high level of academic performance throughout their studies.
Posted on June 27, 2024
UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted the official launch of the Chair in Municipal Finance in Africa. The Chair is set to contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—in particular SDG 11—which aim to make cities inclusive, safe,...
Posted on June 27, 2024
On 20 June 2024, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria hosted its annual EMS Staff Awards to honour staff members who demonstrated outstanding excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements during the 2023 academic year.
Posted on June 13, 2024
Research teams from the University of Pretoria’s Energy Economics Research Unit and Curtin University’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance as well as its Institute for Energy Transition, have embarked on a significant collaborative research initiative focused on gender...
Posted on May 23, 2024
The Energy Economics Research Unit housed in the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Presidential Climate Commission recently hosted a public debate, which explored the complexities of South...
Posted on March 11, 2024
"When evaluating the Budget Speech within the context of South Africa's socio-economic landscape, it is important to recognise the limits of Treasury's mandate and what they can ultimately do to solve our many and multifaceted problems," writes Professor Heinrich Bohlmann and Dr Jessika Bohlmann,...
Posted on March 07, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an Associate Professor of Public Economics in the Department of Economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria (UP) has been appointed as the Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute, within the Faculty of Economic and Management...
Posted on March 06, 2024
Prof Annet Oguttu has been appointed as the new director of the African Tax Institute. at the University of Pretoria. She is a professor of taxation in the Department of Taxation.
Posted on January 18, 2024
Professor Marius van Oordt of the African Tax Institute writes that there are conflicting views between health and economic experts on how taxes should be set for nicotine products. He states that setting risk-based tax rates can balance these contrasting views.
Posted on November 28, 2023
UP’s Dr Phanankosi Moyo and Dr Carolyn Chisadza have been awarded a fellowship by the University of Oxford which gives exceptional African researchers the chance to work on a project of their choice.
Posted on November 23, 2023
Professors Mike Wingfield and Rangan Gupta are among a group of only 10 South African academics on on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023.
Posted on November 17, 2023
Dr Carolyn Chisadza, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria is a recipient of the University of Oxford's AfOx Visiting Fellowship.
Posted on November 10, 2023
Fiscal policy specialist and head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Nara Monkam, received Georgia State University’s Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement during an honorary reception held for International Education Week on 7...
Posted on October 20, 2023
Professor Steven Koch of the Department of Economics has been elected as a fellow of the Econometric Society, an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. The Society was founded in 1930 and since its inception, 1 188 fellows have...
Posted on October 19, 2023
Prof Heinrich Bohlmann, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, recently delivered his Presidential Address at the 2023 Economic Society of South Africa conference.
Posted on October 05, 2023
Aditi Bansal, a global energy justice advocate who was the guest speaker at an event hosted by UP’s Energy Economics Unit, along with the US Embassy in SA, emphasised the importance of adopting a human-centric approach to climate and energy justice.
Posted on October 04, 2023
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) recently hosted its annual EMS Awards to celebrate the excellence of outstanding academic staff. The awards, which were held at the EMS Research Hub on the Hatfield Campus, honoured the academic excellence of staff in three categories, namely...
Posted on September 10, 2023
The University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Energy Economics Unit in the Department of Economics hosted an energy economics and econometrics workshop at the beginning of August 2023. The event was organised by the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) and funded by the Norwegian...
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