UP researchers awarded year-long fellowship with the University of Oxford

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.

UP professors make international list of most highly cited researchers

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.

Dr Carolyn Chisadza awarded Oxford’s AfOX Visiting Fellowship

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.

Prof Nara Monkam honoured with the 2023 Sheth International Alumni Award

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...

UP Professor elected as fellow of the prestigious Econometric Society

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...

The Cost of Going Nowhere Slowly

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.

Advocating for human-centric energy justice: A call to action

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.

Outstanding academics shine at EMS Awards

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...