College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2019 61 2019 was the busiest and most successful year yet for the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development. overview 2019 was the busiest and most successful year yet for the dst/nRf south african research Chair in industrial development. various activities centred around our nrffunded project ‘Community of Practice in innovation and inclusive industrialisation’, through which we produced 17 papers and reports, five policy briefs, two firm-level surveys, an Evidence map of innovation for inclusive industrialisation, two master’s dissertations and two honours research projects, one of which culminated in a highlevel two-day policy colloquium that we hosted in november 2019. an extensive body of policy-relevant research was produced through the industrial development think tank (idtt), a collaboration between the department of trade, industry and Competition, the Centre for Competition, regulation and Economic development (CCrEd) and sArChi industrial development (hosted at CCrEd). tAlent mAnAgement during 2019, our staff complement included senior Researcher Prof Erika Kraemermbula (until 30 June 2019); project manager kate francis; administrators nabila noor mahomed, laura Khumalo, Beverly magome and Regina sookayee; many research assistants; and several international research associates and visiting professors. postdoctoral research fellows hosted at sArChi industrial development during 2019 were dr Clement mulamba, dr Elvis avenyo, dr Rajesh many, dr hlalefang Khobai, dr oluseye Jegede, dr milene tessarin and dr paulo morceiro. several honours, master’s and doctoral students were hosted at and funded by saRChi industrial development and supervised by Prof tregenna and colleagues. We are delighted to have such a large and dynamic team with related research interests, making for vibrant exchange and development of ideas. events We hosted, co-hosted or partnered in hosting a range of successful events, such as: • the 2019 rethinking Economics for Africa (rEfA) festival. • the 2019 tips Annual forum, with the theme ‘innovation and industrialisation’. • a public seminar on ‘inequality: Views from the global south’ addressed by Prof Jayati ghosh (Jawaharlal nehru university, india), Prof Wei Zhang (Renmin university, China) and Prof alicia Puyana (latin american faculty of social sciences, mexico). • a public seminar on ‘trade Wars, Wto trade talks & the future of multilateralism: implications for the developing south and africa’ addressed by Parminder J. singh (it for Change, india), Prof tatyana fletavnoya (msu, Russia), Prof liu Qian (Beijing national university, China) and Pedro alves (fBg Brasil). • the south African launch of prof keun lee’s book, The Art of Economic Catch-Up: Barriers, Detours, and Leapfrogging in Innovation Systems. in addition, we held an interactive policy engagement session with Prof lee at the department of trade, industry and Competition. • the Johannesburg launch of prof horman Chitonge’s book, Industrialising Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of the Continent. • Public lectures by international speakers, including Prof antonio andreoni (soas), Prof Edward lorenz (université de nice sophia antipolis), Prof Carlos oya (soas) and prof fred gault (unu-mErit). proF FionA tregennA
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