62 reseArch Activities researchers at sArChi industrial development produced many outputs during 2019, including from our postdocs and international research associates. one of our phd students, rex Asiama, published a journal article titled ‘non-performing loans and monetary policy dynamics in ghana’. A paper that prof tregenna co-authored with Bilge Erten and Jessica leight, ‘trade liberalization and local labor market adjustment in south Africa’ was published in the Journal of International Economics, the top-ranked journal in the world in that field. during 2019, prof tregenna collaborated on joint research with international scholars, including prof Zuzana Brixiova (university of Economics in Prague), dr thierry Kangoye (African development Bank), prof Christopher Cramer (university of london soas), Prof susan newman (university of the West of England), Prof marta Bengoa (City university of new York), Prof Edward lorenz (université de nice sophia Antipolis), prof Bilge Erten (northeastern university), Prof Jessica leight (american university), Prof antonio andreoni (university College london), Karmen naidoo (university of massachusetts amherst), Prof ozge izdes (istanbul university) and dr arkebe oqubay (Ethiopian government), in addition to national collaborations within and outside of uJ. All these collaborations have yielded research outputs, published or in progress. globAl Footprint prof tregenna spoke at various international events, for example, delivering keynote or plenary addresses at the forum on globalisation and industrialization, hosted by unido and the Kiel institute for the World Economy (Vienna, austria); Complexity Economics and Economics of innovation (rio de Janeiro, Brazil); the future of industrial Work: new Pathways and Policies of structural transformation? (vienna, Austria); the international social forum (london); and at the overseas development institute (london), the Austrian foundation for development Research and university of Vienna, austria. we were thrilled that several of our students and postdocs presented their research at national and international conferences. for example, phd student, thembeka khumalo, presented at the 11th Conference on micro Evidence on innovation and development in abidjan, Côte d’ivoire. at the 2019 Economics society of south Africa conference, master’s students, tumiso maitisa and Agathe fonkam, doctoral students, rex Asiama and thembeka khumalo, and postdoc, dr Clement mulamba, along with prof tregenna, presented their work. public And policy engAgement Prof tregenna was deeply involved in economic policy and public engagement during 2019. she was appointed by President Ramaphosa to the Presidential Economic advisory Council, in addition to serving on various boards, councils and panels. she participated in closed economic colloquia hosted by the minister of finance and spoke at many policy events. she was also interviewed by television, radio, electronic and print media. cApAcity building sArChi industrial development made various broader contributions to capacity. We provided a free training course on ‘innovation and Entrepreneurship’ presented by postdoc dr Rajesh many. Both dr many and dr mulamba lectured in the mPhil industrial Policy programme. outside of uJ, prof tregenna lectured at training programmes such as the African programme on rethinking development Economics (Aporde) and the giZ Professional training Course on inequality in southern Africa, and she mentored emerging scholars in Africa, latin America and Asia through young scholars’ initiative events. several of our students and postdocs attended international training courses; for example, thembeka khumalo attended summer schools at the university of Barcelona (spain) and at the friedrich schiller university Jena (germany). We also hosted four visiting phd students, all of whom presented their work in our seminar series and engaged with our students.
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