College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2021 42 associate. Among these are leading global scholars, and most of them also published journal articles and were engaged in SARChI-ID activities in various ways. We are delighted to have such a large and dynamic team with related research interests, making for vibrant exchange and development of ideas. We hosted in-person research visits from Dr Lorenza Monaco (Senior Research Associate) and Tobias Wuttke a visiting research student from Roskilde University in Denmark. Prof Tregenna supervised six honours students, nine master’s students, 14 doctoral students and nine postdoctoral research fellows during 2021. We were able to support our students with various additional training and development activities, both within and outside of UJ. Dr Clement Mulamba ran a Spatial Economics training course using R, and Catherine Garson ran a specialised writing workshop to develop our students’ writing skills and ability to publish academically. The Industrial Development and Policy Seminar Series continued online on a weekly basis, which served a vital role in exchange of ideas and capacity building. We were thrilled that several of our students and postdocs presented their research at national and international conferences. We ran a new doctoral programme, PhD in Economics with Specialisation in Industrial Development, with a growing cohort of students. POLICY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES We hosted, co-hosted, or partnered in a number of successful public events during 2021. For example, we co-hosted a high-profile webinar on industrial policy in Africa with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UCT. We co-hosted the launch of the book Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country, which was addressed by the Minister of Finance and received wide media coverage. Also linked to this book, we co-hosted a symposium on ‘Structural Transformation and Inclusive Industrial Development: The Relevance of South Africa’s Challenges and Experience’, with CCRED, on behalf of the IDTT. We also hosted book launches of the highly acclaimed book How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate by Isabella Weber, and Towards a New Deal: A Political Economy of the Times of My Life by former Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies. SARChI-ID partnered in the ‘Rethinking Economics for Africa Festival: 2021’ held in conjunction with the Rethinking Economics for Africa (REFA) chapters, the Institute for Economic Justice (IJE), and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). The aim of the festival was to bring together academics, students, activists, policymakers and researchers into a conversation about the present and future of economic thinking, teaching and policy in Africa, and South Africa in particular. The festival was titled ‘Economics and the COVID-19 crises. We continued to partner with Trade and Industry Policy Strategies (TIPS) to co-host the TIPS Annual Forum 2021 titled ‘Reconstruction and Recovery: Rethinking Inclusive Industrialisation in Response to COVID-19’. This conference saw the presentation of high-quality papers, including from some of our own students. Prof Tregenna was deeply involved in a number of disseminations, policy engagement, service and leadership activities related to economic policy during 2021. She delivered more than 40 major public presentations, including a number of highprofile keynote addresses. These keynotes ranged from addresses at prestigious academic events, to high-profile events hosted by various United Nations and other international institutions. As a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, she advised President Cyril Ramaphosa on economic policy. She served on various boards, councils and panels, including as a part-time member of the Competition Tribunal, a member of the Panel of Experts on Data Analytics, the Scientific Committee of the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (Aporde), and boards such as the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO). As an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), she served on four ASSAf bodies during 2021: the Standing Committee on Science for the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality; the Steering Committee on the Just Transition; the Membership Advisory Committee for Humanities and Social Sciences; and the Peer Review Panel: Economics and Business Management. She also served on the editorial boards of various international journals and book series. She participated in closed economic colloquia and spoke at many policy events. She was also interviewed by television, radio, electronic and print media during 2021.
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