Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship for PhD research at the University of Cambridge

Posted on February 07, 2011

As a recipient of a Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship for PhD research, Annari de Waal, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, visited the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge in the UK during the second half of 2010.

Economics Conference attended

Posted on February 07, 2011

Prof Steve Koch, head of the Department of Economics attended the American Economic Association Conference in Denver, Colorado, from January 6 to January 9, 2011.

An opportunity for cultural exchange, academic enrichment and networking

Posted on November 26, 2010

Since signing a collaboration agreement between Fordham University in the USA and the University of Pretoria in 2007, a number of students from the Department of Economics at Fordham University annually spent four to six weeks with staff and students from

BCom Hons Econometrics student wins Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship for 2011

Posted on October 27, 2010

Ntuthuko Tsokodibane, a BCom Honours Econometrics student of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has won the Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship for 2011.

Workshop on non-linear Economietrics

Posted on October 22, 2010

As part of an initiative taken by Prof. Nicola Viegi (the South African Reserve Bank Chair of Monetary Economics), to invite well-known scholars working at the frontier of the discipline, the Department of Economics hosted a four day workshop on non-linea

ERSA Public Economics Workshop

Posted on October 21, 2010

The third Public Economics Workshop of Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) was held on the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria during September.

Top achievers honoured

Posted on September 20, 2010

The Department of Economics held its annual prize giving ceremony on the 5th of August at Eduardo Villa Museum, on the main campus of the University of Pretoria. Top achievers in economics and econometrics, from first year up to PhD, were honoured for the

Workshop attended

Posted on September 10, 2010

Mr Jan van Rensburg and Miss Hayley Reynolds from the Department of Economics attended an intensive 8 day workshop in August at the University of the Witwatersrand's Department of Public Health on "The Burden of Disease and Health Economic Evaluations".