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  • Research on water tax featured as Editor's Pick on UNESCO forum

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    An article written by three staff members of UP's Department of Economics was featured as the Editor's Pick on the Global Water Forum, an online resource publishing concise, open-access articles from leading researchers on water governance, policy and science.

  • The South African economy - time to face the music

    Posted on March 10, 2016

    The Department of Library Services recently hosted the Efficient Group economist Francois Stoffberg, who gave a lecture titled 'The South African economy - time to face the music'.

  • ESSA Founders' medal awarded to Economics student

    Posted on February 15, 2016

    Mr Jaco Weidemann was awarded the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) Founders' Medal for his master's thesis, completed in 2014.

  • Economics energy team attends International Renewable Energy Conference

    Posted on October 20, 2015

    Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, accompanied by her two PhD students Mrs Jessika Bohlmann and Mrs Amandine Nakumuryango, as well as Dr Heinrich Bohlmann, all from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, attended the South African International Renewable Conference...

  • Announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences

    Posted on October 12, 2015

    The announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences today (12 October) will be celebrated in the Musaion on the UP campus with the hosting of the annual Nobel Lecture Series by National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swedish Embassy.

  • Paper on the effect of global capital flows receives award

    Posted on October 06, 2015

    Professor Nicola Viegi of the Department of Economics and his PhD student Haakon Kavli received the award for best paper in macroeconomics at the Economic Society of South Africa Conference, held in September 2015.

  • Economics student receives medal for research on renewable energy

    Posted on September 18, 2015

    Exceptionally relevant and important research regarding renewable energy in South Africa was recognised on national level when Mr Jaco Weideman received the Economic Society South Africa (ESSA) Founders Medal for Masters Research 2015 at ESSA’s Biennal Conference, held in September 2015 at...

  • Economics students visit Fordham University

    Posted on July 31, 2015

    The annual exchange of students between the University of Pretoria and Fordham University in New York continued this year with eight of the Department of Economics’ best and brightest completing two of the three modules in the Emerging Markets programme presented by Fordham. During August...

  • UP students top the list

    Posted on May 25, 2015

    The University of Pretoria is proud that two of its students took top spots at the bursary awards ceremony of the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET), in association with the Shanduka Foundation.

  • Economics professor attends the G200 Youth Forum 2015

    Posted on May 13, 2015

    Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz from the Department of Economics took part in the G200 Youth Forum 2015 that took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from 29 April to 3 May 2015.

  • UP economist ranked ninth among global young economists

    Posted on April 30, 2015

    Prof Rangan Gupta of the Department of Economics was recently ranked ninth globally among young economists who received their PhD degrees less than 15 years ago. The pool of eligible candidates included more than 28 500 economists.

  • Budget Speech 2015: Electricity levy increase: What are the consequences for the economy?

    Posted on March 06, 2015

    As in every year’s budget speech, the increases in taxes and levies drew the attention of especially consumers and small enterprises that usually get affected more severely.

  • Connecting with international colleagues in the French Alps

    Posted on February 16, 2015

    Prof Yolanda Jordaan, Head of the Department of Marketing Management, and Prof André Jordaan, professor in the Department of Economics, attended the Winter Global Business Conference in Tignes, France from 2 to 6 February 2015. The focus of the conference, hosted by the Innovation Institute...

  • Research on SA economics presented in Greece

    Posted on January 27, 2015

    Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of the Department of Economics visited the University of Macedonia in Greece and presented her current research. The topic of her presentation was “Environmental Kuznets Curve in South Africa: to confirm or not to confirm?”.

  • Economics PhD recipient appointed at the University of Chicago

    Posted on April 10, 2014

    Dr Jacques Ngoie Kibambe, who received his MPhil (2005) and his PhD (2009) in Economics from the University of Pretoria, has recently been offered the opportunity to join the Becker-Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, as a research fellow. Du

  • UP Economics students awarded prestigious scholarships

    Posted on March 20, 2014

    Two postgraduate students of the Department of Economics were awarded Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) scholarships. ERSA is a research programme which is being funded by the National Treasury of South Africa. What makes this achievement so remark

  • Economics expert shares knowledge

    Posted on January 13, 2014

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  • Distinguished visitors teach Development Economics to students

    Posted on November 22, 2013

    The Development Economics course forms part of the Emerging Markets and Risk Analysis programme and is offered by the Department of Economics. It is presented to selected graduate students from both Fordham University in New York and the University of Pre

  • The Department of Economics promotes a research culture

    Posted on October 18, 2013

    The Department of Economics hosts a series of research presentations every semester during which people from other national as well as international universities are invited to present their research.

  • BCom student part of team who won prestigious title

    Posted on August 28, 2013

    Each year the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, together with all the other faculties of the University of Pretoria, nominate students to participate in the Enactus SA initiative. This year Mr Kevin Yoo, a second-year BCom (Economics) student,

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