On 6 March 2025, Prof Henri Bezuidenhout, member of the WTO-WCP Team, presented a dynamic and forward-looking workshop titled “AI and Us” to members of the School of Economics. This three-hour session formed part of the Chair’s ongoing commitment…
Guest lecture: Jan Bohanes, the ACWL, December 7 – 9, 2017, “Issues of Economic Analysis in International Trade Litigation” The course examines the interplay of legal and economic issues in particular types of WTO litigation. Economic analysis is…
Adoption into the International trade: modern trends, methods of analysis module, a book, A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis, WTO, UNCTAD, 2012 The aim of the course is to develop skills for the complex analysis of trends and prospects of…
Writing competence is of critical importance in postgraduate studies, because it often is one of very few, if not the only, communication channel(s) open between lecturer / supervisor / examiner and student, and the only real opportunity that the…
The original course outline and outcomes have been extended with assistance from WTO experts who provided STATA training and other inputs. The current Research Methodology Course sets out to equip the Economics and International Trade fourth…
The second trial sessions of a new tailored short course in Academic Writing Skills for new Master’s and PhD students in Economics and International Trade took place in March/April 2017. The sessions were spread over four days: 16–17 March 2017…
Day 1: Research Designs and Research Methodology • Qualitative research: design, methodology • Qualitative research designs: case, action, narrative, ethnography • Research methodology: sampling, data collection, data…
A cultural intelligence (CQ) workshop was organised to enhance participants’ understanding of the role of cross-cultural competency in international trade. The workshop looked at how culture influences the entire spectrum of trade, from…
Prof Lucas Ferraz, from the Fundação Getulio Vargas and the São Paulo School of Economics in Brazil, visited the NWU from 5-9 September. Among his various engagements that week, he conducted a two-day introductory training workshop for School of…