Posted on August 17, 2023
Several areas of commonality came to light during a public lecture and panel debate held at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Campus, UP's pan-African platform for collaborative research, on Friday, 4 August.
Posted on August 17, 2023
Dr Eleni Yitbarek, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Research Fellowship. The research and work undertaken by PEP through its programmes and thematic areas seeks to...
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.
Posted on June 26, 2023
Nyemwererai Matshaka, a PhD student in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, won the Econometric Society, Africa Region's Young Economist Best Paper Award at the Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society. The conference,...
Posted on June 14, 2023
Researchers in the University of Pretoria's Energy Economics Unit write that for South Africa to transition to renewable energy, a technological transition that is equitable must be factored in.
Posted on May 18, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes that elected government representatives need to be accountable to taxpayers. “They owe us much by way of transparency — explaining themselves and spending our hard-earned taxes carefully, in the interest of the people,” she...
Posted on April 24, 2023
Three PhD candidates in the University of Pretoria's Department of Economics recently participated in the 44th Annual International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) conference, which took place from 4 to 9 February 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on March 13, 2023
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Rangan Gupta has been named the best scientist in the field of economics and finance in South Africa in the latest World Online Ranking of Best Economics & Finance Scientists report.
Posted on February 27, 2023
UP researchers in the Energy Economics Unit write that the proposed incentives for renewable energy and rooftop solar mentioned in the 2023 Budget Speech, could deepen the South African economy’s inequalities.
Posted on January 11, 2023
Dr Jesse Naidoo of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences writes that economic growth in South Africa can reduce poverty in the country.
Posted on December 14, 2022
Economists from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Dr Eleni Yitbarek and Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, participated in the recent World Science Forum (WSF) 2022, which took place in Cape Town from 6 to 9 December 2022.
Posted on November 28, 2022
The research team of the Energy Economics Unit in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has completed a study funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on South Africa’s just energy transition and its economic implications.
Posted on November 18, 2022
Academics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently honoured at the annual EMS awards ceremony, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements.
Posted on November 03, 2022
Reigning Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri was recently welcomed back to her alma mater, the University of Pretoria. UP’s Future Africa campus rolled out the black carpet for Nokeri for an interview and lunch with Vice-Chancellor Professor Tawana Kupe and University officials.
Posted on October 12, 2022
Profs Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Heinrich Bohlmann and Dr Jessika Bohlmann, all of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, presented the preliminary results of their study on the economic impact of the South African energy transition to key stakeholders in energy and...
Posted on September 06, 2022
Dr Nara Monkam, who joined the Department of Economics on 1 August 2022 as an Associate Professor of Economics, brings with her more than 16 years' worth of experience in public policy and public economics.
Posted on August 09, 2022
Every August, South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, with Women’s Day being commemorated on 9 August as it marks the anniversary of the 1956 march undertaken by some 20 000 women to protest the apartheid’s regime’s pass laws.
Posted on June 29, 2022
The second annual University of Pretoria PhD workshop in Economics was held on June 21st.
Posted on June 07, 2022
Various electricity pricing structure reforms, including an increase in the price of electricity, are required if Eskom is to be financially sustainable and for consumers to receive a stable supply of electricity.
Posted on May 27, 2022
UP’s Alumni Relations Office recently hosted the latest instalment in its LeadUP: Thought Leadership series, this time addressing the thorny issue of state capture and its implications for South Africa.
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