School of Economics and Finance
Science Oscars Lifetime Achievement Award Finalist
Professor Dorrit (Dori) Posel – Distinguished Professor, Helen Suzman Chair in Political Economy, and Professor in the School of Economics and Finance at Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ University – is a finalist in the 2025/2026 NSTF-South32 Awards, often dubbed the "Science Oscars" of South Africa. She has been nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her leading economic research, which has reshaped understanding of households, marriage, migration, gender, and wellbeing in South Africa and internationally.
Prof. Dori Posel
SEF Prize Giving Ceremony 2026
The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ SEF Annual Prize-giving Ceremony celebrates outstanding academic excellence and remarkable achievement. A prestigious and inspiring event that recognises the hard work, commitment, and success of our future leaders in Economics and Finance.
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The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ SEF Annual Prize-giving Ceremony honours exceptional achievements and academic brilliance. An inspiring occasion that spotlights our future leaders in Economics and Finance, celebrating their dedication and success!
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the 53rd Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition, including the postgraduate and undergraduate categories. We celebrate their achievement in this prestigious event.
Reversing the Vicious Circle of Debt, underdevelopment and environmental change
This lecture discusses ways of enhancing investment in resilience and sustainable development to reverse this process and create a virtuous circle.
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Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Budget Speech Seminar 2025
The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Budget Speech Seminar on February 2025 brought together experts to dissect the national budget and its broader economic impact, covering key policy shifts, financial challenges, and opportunities shaping South Africa’s future.
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The Old Mutual and Nedbank Budget Speech Competition is a prestigious platform for university students to showcase their economic expertise and policy insights. Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ students have the opportunity to engage with real-world fiscal challenges, compete for prizes, and connect with industry leaders.
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ SEF Fintech hosting the 2024 Global Climate Finance Conference.
Key discussions at the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ SEF Global Fintech Conference 2024! Topics like blockchain, AI, and digital transformation were taking center stage.
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of our 2024 Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ SEF students.
"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 Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies Connect initiative.
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Professor Volker Schöer from Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ 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 Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Fintech Hub.
The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ 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.
BBC World news interviewed Dr. Kenneth Creamer on South Africa's GDP numbers.
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).
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 says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered a good budget, given the current economic conditions.
7.9 Million South Africans Jobless, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Economist Says Increase in Unemployment Is Concerning
Dr. Kenneth Creamer, Senior Lecturer at Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ School of Economics and Finance talks about the failure of the president to address the issues of unemployment in this country and economy.
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 Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Business School (also a Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½-IASH fellow) and Lynda Murray, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ 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.
South Africa Disputes Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s Claims That Loadshedding Will End Soon
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.