The South African SDG Hub: what you need to know

Posted on July 05, 2018

The South African SDG Hub is an online platform that aims to connect South African policy makers with the research and innovation they need to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given the breadth of the SDGs, and the key role that policy makers have in creating an enabling...

Prof Jordaan wins best paper award

Posted on May 22, 2018

Prof Yolanda Jordaan, Head of the Department of Marketing Management, attended the 382nd International Conferences on Economics and Social Sciences (ICESS) in London on 7 May 2018. This conference is hosted by the Institute of Research Engineers and Scientists, which is a nonprofit organisation...

MCom alumnus appointed as presidential special investment envoy

Posted on May 17, 2018

Phumzile Langeni, Executive Chairperson of Afropulse Group and an alumnus of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, was selected and appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to be a member of the four-person team to assist in raising R1,4 trillion foreign direct investment for...

Transcultural Leadership Summit in Germany

Posted on November 23, 2017

Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria, participated in the Transcultural Leadership Summit that was hosted by the Zeppelin University Leadership Excellence Institute, on 16 and 17 November 2017.

Marketing lecturer shines at EMS Faculty Awards Function

Posted on July 07, 2017

On Wednesday evening, 21 June 2017, the annual EMS Faculty Awards Function took place. The EMS Faculty Awards Function is hosted to honour and celebrate the research and teaching achievements of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences staff members.

Marketing scholars meet to discuss customer value

Posted on June 15, 2017

Prof Gené van Heerden, Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing Management, attended the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) conference from 24 to 26 May 2017 in San Diego, California. The theme for the conference was ‘Back to the future: Using marketing basics to provide customer...

UP represented at conference on interdisciplinary business research

Posted on May 25, 2017

Prof Anské Grobler recently attended the Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research (SIBR) 2017 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business and Economic Research, hosted in Sydney on 15 and 16 April 2017.

Marketing Professor receives NRF rating

Posted on May 23, 2017

Prof Pierre Mostert of the Department of Marketing Management was honoured at the University of Pretoria's Academic Achievers Awards, held on 9 May 2017, for his National Research Foundation (NRF) rating.