A basic income support grant can address extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa - economic model shows how

Posted on May 05, 2025

An economic modelling exercise conducted by a team of economists in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria and others demonstrated that a basic income grant targeting all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in...

Ghana needs to stop households from using firewood: what must be done

Posted on November 13, 2024

Research by economists Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz of UP's Energy Economics Research Unit and Kwame Adjei-Mantey of the Future Africa Institute found that environmental consciousness can spur Ghanaians not to use firewood as a cooking fuel of choice because of its environmental and health...

Fourth Annual UP-SU PhD Workshop in Economics Held

Posted on July 11, 2024

The fourth annual Pretoria-Stellenbosch PhD Workshop in Economics took place on 9 July.

Advancing research on gender inequality and energy transitions through international collaboration

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...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Taxes on e-cigarettes: South Africa must strike a balance between economic arguments and health concerns

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.

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.

Third Annual UP-SU PhD Workshop in Economics Held

Posted on July 21, 2023

Close to 30 submissions were received this year. Of these, the workshop accepted eight papers by PhD students and postdocs from universities across the country, spanning a range of topics in health economics, macroeconomics, finance, and labour economics.