Friday 24 April 2026 13:10-14:00 Harsha Thirumurthy (University of Pennsylvania)
Topic: "Savings incentives and men’s demand for transactional sex: experimental evidence from Kenya" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225
Monday 18 May 2026 12:10-13:10 Hannah Dawson (Department of Anthropology at the University of Johannesburg)
Topic: "Landlords and Tenants: Rent, Distribution, and Class Differentiation in an Informal Johannesburg Settlement " Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225 Download: development-and-change---2026---.pdf (538 KB)
Monday 20 July 2026 12:10-13:10 Prof Eric Mungatana (Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University)
Topic: "Economic Valuation of Purified Acid Mine Drainage Water: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Gauteng, South Africa" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 221
Monday 27 July 2026 12:10-13:10 Cindy Steenekamp (Department of Political Science)
Topic: "Do good fences make good neighbours? An overview of the development and dimensions of social capital in South Africa" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225
Monday 03 August 2026 12:10-13:10 Dr Allan Davids (University of Cape Town)
Topic: "When the Lights Stay On: Electricity Reliability and House Prices" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225
Monday 17 August 2026 12:10-13:10 Dr. Tim Köhler (Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town)
Topic: "Cash transfers and labour supply under structural unemployment" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225 Download: kohler-stanwix-and-bhorat-2026.pdf (1.0 MB)
Monday 24 August 2026 12:10-13:10 Joshua Budlender (School of Economics at the University of Cape Town)
Topic: "Surplus labour and structural transformation after land dispossession" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225
Monday 31 August 2026 12:10-13:10 [protected email address]
(Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University)
Topic: "Bridging the Digital Divide – A Randomized Controlled Trial on Home Internet Connections In South African Townships" Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 225