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.
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...
Posted on August 17, 2017
The African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria recently celebrated its tenth anniversary with a dinner for representatives of the university's management, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, as well as the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, based in Cambridge,...
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.
Posted on June 28, 2017
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the excellent research and teaching and learning achievements of academic staff members at the prestigious annual EMS Awards Function, which was held on 21 June 2017.
Posted on June 26, 2017
Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti, a full professor of Political Economy and founding director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses how jobs can be created in the age of robots and low growth in an article that recently appeared on The...
Posted on June 09, 2017
Dr Jason Musyoka, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pretoria (UP)'s Human Economy Programme, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at UP, discusses the path towards a 'human economy' in article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on June 06, 2017
The Autumn 2017 Graduation Ceremonies of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently held at the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus.
Posted on June 06, 2017
Prof Elsabé Loots, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, hosted top academic achievers in the Faculty at the prestigious annual Dean's List Awards function on 16 May 2017.
Posted on May 31, 2017
Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti writes about how growth is dying as the silver bullet for success and why this may be a good thing in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.
Posted on May 15, 2017
A number of academics from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were celebrated when the University of Pretoria hosted its annual Academic Achievers Awards on 9 May 2017.
Posted on May 10, 2017
Two University of Pretoria (UP) graduates from the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program graduated with an astounding number of distinctions this term. Jackline Muhanika received 30 distinctions over the course of her studies, while Revingstone Mwalugha received 17.
Posted on March 09, 2017
This year's edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject was published on 8 March 2017. The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa for Accounting and Finance, and placed in the 151–200 band (the top 4% of all participating institutions worldwide).
Posted on October 20, 2016
Dr Marius van Oordt, a Senior Lecturer with the African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria, has been announced as the 2016 winner in the doctoral category of the national Tax Thesis Competition.
Posted on September 19, 2016
The beginning of spring marked a time of celebration when the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences held its graduation ceremony in the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 2 September 2016.
Posted on September 14, 2016
Prof Danny Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations at UP, recently spoke to The Conversation Africa about the changing role of central banks and what South Africans should look out for.
Posted on August 31, 2016
Dr Heinrich Bohlmann, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, was recently interviewed on BBC's 'Focus on Africa' segment regarding the possibility of Africa hosting the Olympic Games and what the associated costs would be.
Posted on August 26, 2016
According to Dr Conrad Beyers from the Department of Actuarial Science at the University of Pretoria, it is clear that credit rating agencies regard politically related risks as the single major factor that may influence their rating decisions for South Africa.
Posted on August 12, 2016
The Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences organised and hosted the Econometric Society Africa Region Meetings at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate in the Kruger National Park from 25 to 29 July 2016.
Posted on July 22, 2016
Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of the Department of Economics presented her research paper at the Energy Systems Conference 2016, themed ‘21st Century Challenges’, held at Westminster, London, on 14 and 15 June.
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