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  • 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.

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