Nicoli Nattrass
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Nicoli Nattrass (born 30 May 1961) is a South African development economist who is professor of economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is the co-director of the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) and was the founding director of the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR).
Nicoli Nattrass | |
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Born | (1961-05-30) 30 May 1961 (age 63) |
Occupation | Professor at University of Cape Town (UCT) |
Spouse | Jeremy Seekings |
Awards | UCT Book Award (2014, 2005) Bill Venter/Altron Literary Award (2008) UCT Distinguished Teacher Award (2001) Rhodes Scholarship (1984) |
Academic background | |
Education | Stellenbosch University (BA) University of Natal (MA) Oxford University (DPhil) |
Thesis | Wages, Profits and Apartheid (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Andrew Glyn |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economics |
Institutions | University of Cape Town |
Main interests | HIV/AIDS, political economy of South Africa, labour-intensive growth, human–wildlife conflict |
Notable works | The Moral Economy of AIDS in South Africa (2004) Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa (2005) |
Influenced | Seth Kalichman |
Nattrass's published work is mainly within the field of South African political economy. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS policy and denialism, labour-intensive growth, and human–wildlife conflict.[1][2] She is also known for her 2005 book on inequality in South Africa, Class, Race and Inequality in South Africa (2005), which she co-wrote with her husband, Jeremy Seekings.[3]