Inaugural Lecture of Professor Daniela Casale
"Inequality in South Africa: Reflections of a feminist economist" was presented by Professor Daniela Casale for her inauguration.
The School of Accountancy and the School of Economics and Finance engaged in an atypical morning of getting to know each other as part of the Witsies Connect initiative.
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Professor Volker Schöer from Wits SEF has joined the School of Business and Economics at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany this May as a distinguished guest professor.
Launch of the Wits Fintech Hub.
The Wits School of Economics and Finance (SEF) launched the Fintech Hub at the Liberty Flame Station Building.
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Moinak Maiti
"Empowering decisions through data driven dynamics" was presented by Professor Moinak Maiti for inauguration of the FirstRand Foundation Chair in Financial Data science.
Dr. Kenneth Creamer comments on BBC World News
BBC World news interviewed Dr. Kenneth Creamer on South Africa's GDP numbers.
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Prof. Uma Kollamparambil in Nobel Symposium on Micro-development research
In March, Prof. Uma Kollamparabil participated in the Nobel Symposia, which was the third symposium in the Nobel in Africa series. Uma was a respondent on a Nobel Symposia Policy Roundtable event, co-organised with the National Treasury, which was held on 15 March in Pretoria. The roundtable considered “how to make employment and labour market policy central to our thinking on social protection, industrialisation, and climate change in South Africa”. The guest speakers for the event were Seema Jayachandran (Princeton), Eric Verhoogen (Colombia) and Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale).
Prof. Dori Posel in Nobel Symposium on Micro-development research
In March, Prof Dori Posel participated in the Nobel Symposia, which was the third symposium in the Nobel in Africa series. Dori was a discussant on the gender panel in the “Nobel Symposium on Micro-development research”, which was held at STIAS in Stellenbosch from 11-15 March 2024. The event brought together “leading researchers in poverty alleviation, health, productivity in agriculture and manufacturing, education, finance, trade, climate, gender, governance, and the latest methodological advances in development economics”. The other members on Dori’s panel included Eliana La Ferrera (Harvard) and Nava Ashraf (LSE).
Prof. Uma Kollamparambil on Newzroom Afrika
Prof. Uma Kollamparambil says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered a good budget, given the current economic conditions.
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Dr. Kenneth Creamer comments on Briefly
7.9 Million South Africans Jobless, Wits Economist Says Increase in Unemployment Is Concerning
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Dr. Kenneth Creamer on Power 98.7
Dr. Kenneth Creamer, Senior Lecturer at Wits School of Economics and Finance talks about the failure of the president to address the issues of unemployment in this country and economy.
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Prof. Daniela Casale awarded IASH fellowship
Prof. Daniela Casale at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) with Prof Diran Soumonni from the Wits Business School (also a Wits-IASH fellow) and Lynda Murray, the Wits Representative for the UK. Prof Daniela Casale was awarded a 2-month fellowship at the IASH at the University of Edinburgh to continue her work on the gendered effects of the Covid crisis over the longer-term.
Dr. Kenneth Creamer comments on Briefly
South Africa Disputes Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s Claims That Loadshedding Will End Soon
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Subjective Wellbeing a New Paradigm Measure for Policy
Exploring the importance of recognizing subject to well-being as a measure for policy making subject to well-being is still considered rather intriguing and unconventional in the world of traditional mainstream economics as it straddles the domains of economics and positive psychology.
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