Curriculum Vitae
Download Full CV (PDF)Academic Positions
2026
University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar
2019–present
Senior Lecturer & Researcher
Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University
Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University
2023
Visiting Scholar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2021–present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cape of Good Hope Panel Project, Stellenbosch University
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Grant M20-0041
Cape of Good Hope Panel Project, Stellenbosch University
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Grant M20-0041
Education
2021
PhD in Economics
Stellenbosch University
The Economic Impact of the Khoe on the North-Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony
Stellenbosch University
The Economic Impact of the Khoe on the North-Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony
2010
MComm in Economics
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
2008
BComm Honours in Economics
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
2007
BComm in Economics
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Research Affiliations
Current
Affiliated Scholar, Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago
Current
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economic History, Lund University
Current
Affiliated Researcher, LEAP (Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past), Stellenbosch University
Current
Treasurer, Economic History Society of Southern Africa
Industry Experience
Pre-2021
Economist
Oxford Economics Africa
Macroeconomic forecasting and sovereign risk analysis for African economies including South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Mauritius, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, and francophone West and Central Africa.
Oxford Economics Africa
Macroeconomic forecasting and sovereign risk analysis for African economies including South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Mauritius, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, and francophone West and Central Africa.
Selected Conference Presentations
- 2024 MIT — Presentation with Marjoleine Kars and Anne McCants
- 2020 EHDR Virtual Seminar — Coerced Indigenous Labour and Effort in Pastoral Agriculture
- 2019 Digital Humanities Conference, Utrecht
- 2019 African Economic History Network Conference, Barcelona
- 2018 World Economic History Congress, Boston
- 2018 European Social Science History Conference, Belfast
- 2017 Economic Society of South Africa Conference, Grahamstown
- 2017 CAGE Economic History Summer School, Coventry
- 2017 African Economic History Network Meeting, Stellenbosch
- 2016 International Development Dialogue Conference, The Hague
- 2016 African Economic History Network Conference, Brighton
Languages
English (native) · Afrikaans (excellent) · Swedish (basic)