Connecting with international colleagues in the French Alps

Posted on February 16, 2015

Prof Yolanda Jordaan, Head of the Department of Marketing Management, and Prof André Jordaan, professor in the Department of Economics, attended the Winter Global Business Conference in Tignes, France from 2 to 6 February 2015. The focus of the conference, hosted by the Innovation Institute...

Research on SA economics presented in Greece

Posted on January 27, 2015

Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of the Department of Economics visited the University of Macedonia in Greece and presented her current research. The topic of her presentation was “Environmental Kuznets Curve in South Africa: to confirm or not to confirm?”.

Economics PhD recipient appointed at the University of Chicago

Posted on April 10, 2014

Dr Jacques Ngoie Kibambe, who received his MPhil (2005) and his PhD (2009) in Economics from the University of Pretoria, has recently been offered the opportunity to join the Becker-Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, as a research fellow. Du

UP Economics students awarded prestigious scholarships

Posted on March 20, 2014

Two postgraduate students of the Department of Economics were awarded Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) scholarships. ERSA is a research programme which is being funded by the National Treasury of South Africa. What makes this achievement so remark

Economics expert shares knowledge

Posted on January 13, 2014

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Distinguished visitors teach Development Economics to students

Posted on November 22, 2013

The Development Economics course forms part of the Emerging Markets and Risk Analysis programme and is offered by the Department of Economics. It is presented to selected graduate students from both Fordham University in New York and the University of Pre

The Department of Economics promotes a research culture

Posted on October 18, 2013

The Department of Economics hosts a series of research presentations every semester during which people from other national as well as international universities are invited to present their research.

BCom student part of team who won prestigious title

Posted on August 28, 2013

Each year the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, together with all the other faculties of the University of Pretoria, nominate students to participate in the Enactus SA initiative. This year Mr Kevin Yoo, a second-year BCom (Economics) student,