Sam Ashman

Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg

Sam Ashman is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Econometrics at the University of Johannesburg

Research Interests: political economy and the political economy of development, financialization, industrial policy, the role of the state in development, the evolution of South Africa’s political economyAdd Description here

sashman@uj.ac.za

Professor, SOAS, University of London

Ben Fine is currently Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Research Interests: All aspects of political economy and political economy of development and their implications for economic and social policy

Area Interests: South Africa and developing countries

bf@soas.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University

David Fryer is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics and Economic History at Rhodes University.

Research Interests: Labour; macroeconomics; social democracy and Marxism; food regimes; economic methodology; ideology; the BRICS.

D.Fryer@ru.ac.za

Researcher, CSID, University of the Witwatersrand

Gilad Isaacs is currently completing a PhD in economics at SOAS, University of London and working at CSID, University of the Witwatersrand

Research interests: Financialisation, Financialisation in Emerging Capitalist Economies, History of financial relations, Corporate financing and investment, Financial governance and regulation, South African macroeconomic management

gilad.isaacs@gmail.com

Nicolas Pons-Vignon

Senior Lecturer, CSID, Wits University

Nicolas Pons-Vignon is a senior researcher at the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID) research programme in the School of Economic & Business Sciences (SEBS) at Wits University, South Africa.

Research Interests: Labour markets, economic policy, and the role of the state in economic development

Nicolas.Pons-Vignon@wits.ac.za

Independent Consultant and Development Economist

Zavareh Rustomjee is an independent consultant and development economist with extensive experience in the development and implementation of industrial, trade, energy and infrastructure policy; private and public sector strategy development as well as having served on the boards of a number of South African Development Finance Institutions.

Research Interests: Industry, Infrastructure, Minerals, Energy

Area Interests: South and Southern Africa

Zavareh@Rustomjee.co.za