Posted on January 30, 2024
What are the factors that trap SA’s aspirant middle class in their progression towards a stable middle class? The findings of a group of researchers including UP academics have important implications for public policy in South Africa.
Posted on January 18, 2024
Professor Marius van Oordt of the African Tax Institute writes that there are conflicting views between health and economic experts on how taxes should be set for nicotine products. He states that setting risk-based tax rates can balance these contrasting views.
Posted on November 28, 2023
UP’s Dr Phanankosi Moyo and Dr Carolyn Chisadza have been awarded a fellowship by the University of Oxford which gives exceptional African researchers the chance to work on a project of their choice.
Posted on November 23, 2023
Professors Mike Wingfield and Rangan Gupta are among a group of only 10 South African academics on on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023.
Posted on August 18, 2023
UP has been ranked number two in South Africa and Africa in the highly cited researchers' category of the 2023 Shanghai Ranking. Overall, the university ranked number three in the country and fourth in Africa.
Posted on July 26, 2023
This issue features research from all of the University of Pretoria's nine faculties and our business school, the Gordan Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and shows how our research is opening a new world and a better future.
Posted on July 20, 2023
Research by the University of Pretoria (UP) has demonstrated the importance of community policing forums in fighting crime in high-risk environments, such as in Johannesburg.
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.
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