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  • Public finance economist part of team to assess South African tax system

    Posted on August 16, 2013

    Dr Nara Monkam, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics and Deputy Director of the African Tax Institute (ATI), has been appointed as a member of the Tax Review Committee, initiated by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with the aim of assessing the

  • Students honoured

    Posted on August 15, 2013

    The Department of Economics hosted a prize giving ceremony in honour of the best performing students in Economics and Econometrics.

  • Scholarship to attend an international summer school

    Posted on July 22, 2013

    Ms Annari de Waal, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, received a partial scholarship from the Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment (ISEO), to attend the ISEO Summer School in Italy during June 2013.

  • Papers delivered on the economics of renewable energy

    Posted on May 29, 2013

    Dr Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, presented her current research on the economics of renewable energy at two conferences during May 2013. At a local conference in Cape Town, she presented a paper entitled

  • The G20 Youth Forum

    Posted on May 15, 2013

    A delegation of six students represented the University of Pretoria at the G20 Youth Forum held in St Petersburg, Russia, from 17 to 21 April 2013.

  • Top Young Economist in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

    Posted on February 14, 2013

    Rangan Gupta, Professor in the Department of Economics, has been ranked number 16 on the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

  • Paper delivered at the South African Economic Regulators Conference (SAERC)

    Posted on August 28, 2012

    Dr Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, delivered a paper at the South African Economic Regulators Conference (SAERC) at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, on 22 August 2012.

  • Visitors to the Department of Economics

    Posted on August 16, 2012

    The Department of Economics was visited by prominent academics from abroad.

  • Research by Dr Roula Inglesi-Lotz attracted the interest of the University World News

    Posted on August 15, 2012

    Recent research conducted by Dr Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, in collaboration with Prof Anastassios Pouris of the Institute for Technological Innovation (ITI), attracted the interest of the University World News, an

  • UP students visit Fordham University

    Posted on August 10, 2012

    Prof Jan van Heerden and a group of five students from the Department of Economics visited the Fordham University in New York during June 2012. The students joined the Summer Course in Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis while Prof van Heerden pres

  • The Department of Economics active in the world of economics

    Posted on August 10, 2012

    On 5 July 2012, Prof Nicola Viegi from the Department of Economics participated in the Sub-Regional Inception Workshop themed

  • Broadcast on German national radio

    Posted on April 24, 2012

    German radio journalist Nadine Lindner, working for the German national radio station "Deutschlandfunk", has been working on a report covering the "economics of informalism". She wanted to analyse the socio-economic impact of informal trading in South Afr

  • PhD in Economics

    Posted on April 20, 2012

    Two students of the Department of Economics received their PhD degrees in Economics on 18 April 2012.

  • Another doctorate in the Department of Economics

    Posted on November 29, 2011

    Heinrich Bohlmann, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, recently obtained his doctor

  • Visit by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)

    Posted on November 03, 2011

    Members of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Dr Rashad Cassim, Dr Chris Loewald and Ms Nevin Postma, visited the University of Pretoria's Department of Economics on the 14 th of October 2011.

  • A founder member of the South African Young Academy of Science

    Posted on November 02, 2011

    Prof Rangan Gupta of the Department of Economics was one of the founder members recently inaugurated into the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS).

  • Best first article published award

    Posted on October 19, 2011

    Dr Ruthira Naraidoo, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics, received the JJI Middleton Award for the best first article published.

  • World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2011, Link

    Posted on June 01, 2011

    Mrs Roula Inglesi-Lotz presented a paper at the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) in Link

  • Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 Conference

    Posted on April 04, 2011

    Prof James Blignaut was invited to speak at the Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 Conference held in Cape Town from 27 February - 3 March. The Conference was attended by mayors and senior municipal managers from all over Africa and the central theme

  • African Utility Week, Cape Town, 14-17 March 2011

    Posted on March 27, 2011

    Ms RoulaInglesi-Lotz presented a paper at the African Utility Week held in Cape Town from 14-17 March 2011. The title of her presentation was 'The case for energy efficiency', based on her ERSA working paper entitled 'Electricity intensities in South Afri

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