Prof Ronald Mears is currently the Sub-head of the Department of Economics at the University of Johannesburg, where he also did his PhD on “Migration and urbanization: Some theories and applications for South Africa.” Development Economics, urbaniz
...MoreProf Ronald Mears is currently the Sub-head of the Department of Economics at the University of Johannesburg, where he also did his PhD on “Migration and urbanization: Some theories and applications for South Africa.” Development Economics, urbanization and migration and environmental issues in Africa are his main areas of interest and he has done extensive academic research in these fields. He has produced as many as 27 publications and 50 papers for conferences. He has also had strong practical experience and exposure, mainly through study tours undertaken. In 1996 he visited Canada, the USA, Chile and Brazil where he did research at the IMF and World Bank and also paid visits to the mega cities Santiago, New York, London and Cairo. He visited Sao Paulo, Prague, Budapest and Vienna in 2000, Dubai, Cyprus and Egypt in 2002. Further study tours to study migration and urbanisation include Sao Paul, Santos and Iguassu falls in Brazil in 2003 and Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay) in 2003. He is currently a member of the Economic Society and also examiner, research supervisor and moderator for honours and masters essays, as well as for PhD students.
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