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Posted by Melt van Schoor on 2020-12-03

The November EMS Faculty Newsletter highlighted a number of stories of the yast year involving the Economics Department:

1. 'Extraordinary academic' receives Schumann medal - Read about the achievements of one of our best students in recent history, Willem Wilken.

2. Nobel Laureate headlines Economic Department's centenary celebrations - A report on our recent centenary webinar.

3. #WomenofSU: Helping women find their voice in the research space - An interview with Dr Linda Zuze from the Research on Socio-Economic Policy Group (ReSEP).

4. #WomenofSU: Addressing poverty and health inequalities in Africa - An interview with Prof Ronelle Burger.

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