Department appoints four new Research Associates
Dr. Alexander Moradi, Dr. Trudy Owens, Dr. Stephen Taylor, and Dr. Francis Teal were recently appointed as Research Associates in the Department of Economics. The four new appointees join our six existing Associates - Julius Agbor, Leigh Gardner, Martine Mariotti, Caryn Bredenkamp, Mariné Erasmus and Ramos Mabugu - and will serve a three-year term.
Alex Moradi is a development economist and economic historian at the University of Sussex, UK. His research has mostly investigated the causes and consequences of undernutrition and poor health in developing countries.Trudy Owens is a development economist at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her primary focus is on poverty, growth and non-governmental organisations of African countries. Stephen Taylor is an education expert in South Africa's Department of Education. He is also a former PhD student in the Department, and his research continues his interest in South Africa's underperforming education system. Read an interview with him here. Francis Teal was the Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University from 1996 to 2012. His focus is on the analysis of firms and labour markets in Africa.
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Monday 04 August 202512:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
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25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a riskIt was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....
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