STEG IPG

As part of the PRISM-STEG IPG, the University of Cape Town will be hosting an academic workshop on "Structural Transformation for Sustainable and Inclusive Development" at the School of Economics from 3-4 December 2026. You can find all relevant information here.

• PRISM-STEG Brown Bag Series

  • Political Competition, Governance, and Local Government Performance: Evidence from South Africa by David Fadiran - Wednesday 15 July 2026
  • Ethnic Similarity, and Intra-national Price Integration: Evidence from Zambia by Dale Mudenda and Lawrence Edwards - Thursday 09 July 2026
  • Economic Policies for Gender Equity in Times of Geopolitical Uncertainties by Lekha S Chakraborty - Friday 19 June 2026
  • Diaspora Finance by Stephen Gelb - Wednesday 3 June 2026
  • China's Decarbonisation Pathways: Energy Transitions and Climate Policy Developments by Xiliang Zhang - Tuesday 12 May 2026
  • External Debt and Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Distinguishing Debt Inflows from Debt Burdens by Abebe Shimeles - 23 April 2026
  • The Employment Tax Incentive at Ten: Evidence, Lessons and the 2029 Sunset Clause by Amina Ebrahim - Tuesday 31 March 2026
  • Unequal Outages: Distributive Politics and Economic Effects of Electricity Scarcity by Lennard Zyska - Thursday 19 March 2026
  • Gendering Strucutral Change and Green Transition in Africa: Implications of Transformative Policies by Elvis Avenyo - Wednesday 4 March 2026

   

  Please contact Raynold Runganga at RNGRAY001@myuct.ac.za should you have any queries or if you wish to present at the PRISM-STEG Brown Bag Seminar Series. 

• SoE-PRISM-STEG Seminar Series

  • Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels in a Just, Orderly and Equitable Manner: A Quantitative Overview of Countries' Different National Circumstances, Fossil Fuel Dependence and Opportunities for Flourishing Post Fossil Economies by Harald Winkler - Monday 25 May 2026
  • Family Firms and Gender Gaps in Credit Market Participation: Evidence from Transition Economies by Zuzana Schwidrowski - Monday 4 May 2026

   

  Please contact Raynold Runganga at RNGRAY001@myuct.ac.za should you have any queries or if you wish to present at the SoE-PRISM-STEG Seminar Series. 

Three PhD scholarships have been awarded under the PRISM–STEG Institutional Partner Grant. Nicola Wills, Geraint Van der Rede and Raynold Runganga have each received support for doctoral research closely aligned with STEG themes.

• Dale Mudenda

  

  Dale Mudenda is a Lecturer at the University of Zambia. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town and a MA and BA from the Universities of Malawi and Zambia, respectively. On his visit to PRISM, 6 - 10 July 2026, Dale worked on and presented research on: "Ethnic Similarity, and Intra-national Price Integration: Evidence from Zambia".