EMS honours research and teaching excellence

Posted on June 21, 2018

Academic staff in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were honoured for the excellence they achieved in teaching and learning, as well as research, at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 6 June 2018.

South African Association for Energy Economics launched

Posted on May 10, 2018

Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz from the Department of Economics is the founding President of the South African Association for Energy Economics (SAAEE), the 30th recognised affiliate of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), which was launched in Pretoria on 26 April 2018.

Department of Economics co-hosts IAEE Energy Summit with City of Tshwane

Posted on December 06, 2017

On 1 November 2017, the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, in partnership with the City of Tshwane, hosted the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) South Africa Summit at the Protea Hotel Fire and Ice!, Pretoria.

EMS academics inaugurated into prestigious science academies

Posted on October 16, 2017

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) hosted its annual awards ceremony on 11 October 2017, where new members of ASSAf and the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) were also inaugurated.

ATI students soared during September

Posted on September 13, 2017

A student of Prof Riël Franzsen, SARChI Chair in Tax Policy and Governance and Director of the African Tax Institute in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Dr Carika Fritz, obtained a doctorate degree in law (LLD) at the September 2017 graduation ceremony.

Women in Science Awards 2017 honours three UP scientists

Posted on August 24, 2017

University of Pretoria scientists were honoured at last Thursday's Women in Science Awards (WISA 2017), hosted by Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor.

Prof Inglesi-Lotz honoured at DST Women in Science Awards

Posted on August 18, 2017

Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, was named the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences category at the Department of Science and Technology (DST)'s annual Women in Science Awards on 17...

Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development

Posted on July 13, 2017

Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti from the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses the future of alternative currencies and why it matters for development.