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Adeola Oyenubi

Head of the SEF Economics Division
Professor
adeola.oyenubi@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8365
New Commerce Building (NCB) 121
Research interests: Programme evaluation, information theory, portfolio optimization and labour market research

Sedjro Alovokpinhou

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
sedjro.alovokpinhou@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8190
New Commerce Building (NCB) 245
Research interests: Macroeconomics and Finance Related Issues

Nasreen Ameen

Academic Tutor
nasreen.ameen@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8076
New Commerce Building (NCB) 231

Samantha Ashman

Professor
samantha.ashman2@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8120
New Commerce Building (NCB) 207
Research interests: Global development and political economy; financialization; industrial policy; energy transitions

Miracle Benhura

Associate Professor
miracle.benhura@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8123
New Commerce Building (NCB) 204
Research interests: Labour and development (applied microeconomics)

Fatima Bhoola

Lecturer
fatima.bhoola@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8069
New Commerce Building (NCB) 250
Research interests: Economic growth and macroeconomic volatility

Frikkie Booysen

Professor
PPS Chair in Health Economics
frederik.booysen@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8097
New Commerce Building (NCB) 242
Research interests: Health Economics more generally, with a focus on health inequalities, the socio-economics of health, and family health and development.

Daniela Casale

Professor
daniela.casale@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8085
New Commerce Building (NCB) 248
Research interests: Labour economics, economic demography, gender economics, early childhood development

Kenneth Creamer

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
kenneth.creamer@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8127
New Commerce Building (NCB) 257
Research interests: Monetary policy, fiscal policy, macroeconomic policy, political economy, and international economics

Chris Desmond

Professor
Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics
christopher.desmond@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8144
New Commerce Building (NCB) 128
Research interests: Human development, economic evaluation, and life course and health.

Greg Farrell

Adjunct Professor
gregory.farrell@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8301
New Commerce Building (NCB) 228
Research interests: Applied macroeconomics and time series econometrics

Ismail Fasanya

Associate Professor
ismail.fasanya@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8840
New Commerce Building (NCB) 134A
Research interests: Macroeconomic modeling with special interest in Energy Economics and Finance

Usanda Gqwaru

Lecturer
usanda.gqwaru@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8115
New Commerce Building (NCB) 133
Research interests: Development economics and industrial policy

Tendai Gwatidzo

Associate Professor
Coordinator, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
tendai.gwatidzo@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8114
New Commerce Building (NCB) 208
Research interests: Capital structure, banking sector competition, efficiency in the banking sector and access to finance

Caro Janse Van Rensburg

Lecturer
caro.jansevanrensburg@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8039
New Commerce Building (NCB) 201A
Research interests: History of Economic Thought, Economic History, Monetary Policy, and Feminist Economics

Rubina Jogee

Lecturer
rubina.jogee@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8093
New Commerce Building (NCB) 129
Research interests: Development economics, microeconomics and behavioural economics

Lyndal Keeton

Lecturer (Dr)
lyndal.keeton@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8065
New Commerce Building (NCB) 200
Research interests: Public economics, intergovernmental grants, economic history of Southern Africa, institutions, workers compensation and national lottery

Dambala Kutela

Associate Professor
dambala.kutela@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8134
New Commerce Building (NCB) 203
Research interests: Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics, and Economic Theory

Prudence Kwenda-Magejo

Associate Professor
prudence.magejo@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8111
New Commerce Building (NCB) 226
Research interests: Labour, poverty and inequality issues

Jérôme Lange

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
jerome.lange@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8096
New Commerce Building (NCB) 243
Research interests: Population and Development, History of Economic Thought, Economic Systems, African Economic Thought.

Nyasha Mahonye

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
nyasha.mahonye@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8105
New Commerce Building (NCB) 205
Research interests: Debt, aid, institutions, financial and gender economics

Christopher Malikane

Associate Professor
Head, The Macro-Finance Analysis Group (MFAG)
christopher.malikane@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8109
New Commerce Building (NCB) 135
Research interests: Macroeconomics and finance related issues

Lesego Masenya

Lecturer
lesego.masenya@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8216
New Commerce Building (NCB) 233
Research interests: Development economics, poverty, and inequality

Cyril May

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
cyril.may@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8104
New Commerce Building (NCB) 249
Research interests: International finance – modelling global financial flows & asset price dynamics; country risk analysis; applied time series econometrics

Nobantu Mbeki

Lecturer (Dr)
nobantu.mbeki@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8118
New Commerce Building (NCB) 253
Research interests: Post keynesian pricing theory and post keynesian theory of the firm

Mthokozisi Mlilo

Associate Professor
mthokozisi.mlilo@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8099
New Commerce Building (NCB) 202
Research interests: Macroeconomics, fiscal policy and public economics

Liberty Mncube

Associate Professor
liberty.mncube@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 9194
New Commerce Building (NCB) 206A
Research interests: Competition policy, economics and industrial organisation

Lumkile Mondi

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
lumkile.mondi@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8262
New Commerce Building (NCB) 255
Research interests: Development and financial economics

Nimisha Naik

Lecturer
nimisha.naik@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8125
New Commerce Building (NCB) 200A
Research interests: General macroeconomics

Sibulele Nkunzi

Lecturer
Programme Coordinator, Economic Policies in the Age of Globalisation (EPOG)
sibulele.nkunzi@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8042
New Commerce Building (NCB) 244
Research interests: Industrial Policy, Industrialization, Political Economy of Development, The Role of the State in Economic Development, Qualitative Case Studies in the Manufacturing Sector

Dorrit (Dori) Posel

Distinguished Professor
Helen Suzman Chair in Political Economy
dorrit.posel@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Marriage and family formation, labour force participation, labour migration, economics of language and measures of wellbeing

Kate Rich

Lecturer (Dr)
kate.rich@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8263
New Commerce Building (NCB) 201
Research interests: Health economics, early childhood development, nutrition, economics of education, development economics

Aylit Romm

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
aylit.romm@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8137
New Commerce Building (NCB) 229
Research interests: Decision theory, economics of uncertainty, retirement, savings and life cycle behaviours and topics analyzing microeconomic data

Volker Schöer

Associate Professor
Research Director
volker.schoer@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8107
New Commerce Building (NCB) 131
Research interests: Skills Development, Labour Market and Firm Dynamics, Economics of Education, Didactics of Economics Education, Impact Evaluations

Reason Sibiya

Lecturer
reason.sibiya@wits.ac.za
New Commerce Building (NCB) 119
Research interests: Firm-level analysis

Aldo Sitoe

Lecturer (Dr)
aldo.sitoe@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8254
New Commerce Building (NCB) 206
Research interests: Public choice, organizational economics, fiscal federalism, theory of the firm and voting rules for an optimal provision of public goods

Yuxiang Ye

Senior Lecturer (Dr)
yuxiang.ye@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8195
New Commerce Building (NCB) 246
Research interests: Energy economics, energy poverty, domestic energy demand

Chimwemwe Chipeta

Head of the SEF Finance Division
Professor
chimwemwe.chipeta@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8145
New Commerce Building (NCB) 120
Research interests: Corporate finance, specifically mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, capital structure and dividend policy.

Aneesa Adam

Senior Tutor
aneesa.adam@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8091
New Commerce Building (NCB) 126

Christo Auret

Professor Emeritus
christo.auret@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8131
Research interests: Investment theory - in particular empirical validation of internationally formulated investment theory, Market efficiency, Asset pricing, Market returns, Investment management, Share market studies, Corporate finance, Dividends, Corporate governance, Commodity futures markets

James Britten

Senior Lecturer
james.britten@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8193
New Commerce Building (NCB) 127
Research interests: Asset Pricing and factor investment.

Moinak Maiti

Associate Professor
FirstRand Chair in Financial Data Science
moinak.maiti@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 7806
New Commerce Building (NCB) 227
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Digital Asset Pricing, Financial Econometrics, Fintech.

Lerato Mapela

Lecturer
lerato.mapela@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8206
New Commerce Building (NCB) 254

Douglas Mbululu

Lecturer
douglas.mbululu@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8073
New Commerce Building (NCB) 122

Lwazi Mhlambi

Lecturer
lwazi.mhlambi@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8128
New Commerce Building (NCB) 134
Research interests: Machine Learning, Climate Finance and Project Finance

Mosa Moletsane

Lecturer
mosa.moletsane@wits.ac.za
New Commerce Building (NCB) 118

Delane Naidu

Lecturer
delane.naidu@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8499
New Commerce Building (NCB) 125
Research interests: International Finance and Corporate Finance, specifically ownership structures, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and foreign direct investment.

Daniel Page

Associate Professor
daniel.page@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Asset Pricing, Asset Management, Investment Styles, Factor Modelling.

Yudhvir Seetharam

Professor
yudhvir.seetharam@wits.ac.za
+27 11 717 8117
New Commerce Building (NCB) 124
Research interests: Behavioural finance, asset pricing, FinTech, quantitative finance and risk management.

Gary van Vuuren

Professor
gary.vanvuuren@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Quantitative finance (including financial risk measurement and management and portfolio analysis)

Secretary to the Head of School

Tshegofatso Magano

Academic and Administrative Enquiries

For 1^st year and 3^rd year Economics:

Thandi Chamane

For 1^st(theory) and 2^nd year Economics, Masters Finance, and PhD Finance (registered students only):

Molefe Rampa

For Online Postgraduate Diploma in Finance, Ethics applications, and Research Output Collection:

Tshegofatso Makhutle

For Honours Economics/ADE/Finance and Masters Economics/Economic Science/ADE/Inequality Studies/Environmental and Energy Economics:

Sbongiseni Zulu

Postgraduate Applications Enquiries

Kamo Nhlapo

Operations Manager

Mamosa Moletsane

Senior Finance Officer

Tebogo Mmolawa

LAN Administrator

Lehlohonolo Mokoatle

+27 11 717 8078
lehlohonolo.mokoatle@wits.ac.za
New Commerce Building (NCB) 136

Thabang Samukelo Ndlovu

Postdoctoral Fellow
thabang.ndlovu@wits.ac.za
Research interests: How markets function and evolve in emerging economies with a focus on efficiency analysis, financial-macroeconomic linkages, and competition policy

Kingsley Okere

Postdoctoral Fellow
kingsley.okere@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Environmental economics, climate finance, financial econometrics, energy transition, carbon emissions, and ecological sustainability in Africa and emerging economies.

Smruti Ranjan Sahoo

Postdoctoral Fellow
smruti.sahoo@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Development Economics, Energy Poverty, Firm Dynamics

Philip Adom

Visiting Professor
philip.adom@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Energy demand and supply modelling; Pricing analysis; energy projects and welfare analysis; energy demand side management analysis; efficiency and productivity analysis; energy transition and development outcomes; economics of renewable energy; economics of waste for fuel; economics of climate change; and resources and incentives analysis.

Visiting Professor
Oluyele.Akinkugbe@wits.ac.za
olu_akinkugbe@yahoo.com
Research interests: Forensic Economics, International Finance, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Development Policy Analysis

Visiting Professor
johane.dikgang@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Environmental Policy, Environmental Valuation, Conservation Economics, Water Management and Policy, Energy and Development, Agriculture and Food Systems, Climate Change, & Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

Visiting Senior Fellow (Dr)
marcel.gatto@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Impact of agricultural innovations on farm-level outcomes, food security, poverty alleviation, conservation agriculture, and seed systems improvement

Visiting Senior Fellow (Dr)
sarah.kopper@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Impact Evaluations, Randomized Control Trials, Agricultural Economics

Visiting Senior Fellow (Dr)
Nicolas.Pons-Vignon@wits.ac.za

Visiting Senior Researcher (Dr)
laura.rossouw@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Economics of tobacco control, economic evaluations of health interventions, the economic impact of tobacco and alcohol use, demand-side factors related to health, and maternal, infant and child health

Visiting Associate Professor
Stefan.Schirmer@wits.ac.za

Visiting Associate Professor
Research interests: Economics of education, Impact evaluation, Applied microeconometrics, The use of evidence for education policy and planning.

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Dr)
michael.machokoto@wits.ac.za

Patrick McSharry

Visiting Professor
patrick@mcsharry.net
Research interests: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, big data, forecasting, predictive analytics, and the analysis of human behaviour.

Moses M. Muthinja

Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Dr)
moses.muthinja@wits.ac.za
Research interests: Financial Innovations, Financial Inclusion, Fintech, Informal Financial Markets, MSMEs and Skills Development.