AUT - Dr Stephanie Rossouw
Dr Stephanie Rossouw
Job Title
Lecturer in Economics
Qualifications
- 2007: Ph.D. Economics at North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa. With the thesis “Sub-national Differences in the Quality of Life in South Africa”.
- 2003: M.Com Economics (Cum Laude) at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), South Africa .With the dissertation “The East Asian Economic Growth Miracle: Lessons for Sub-Sahara Africa”.
- 2003: Certificate in International Trade at the International Trade Institute of Southern Africa (ITRISA), South Africa.
- 2001: Honours B.Com Bank Risk Management (Cum Laude) at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), South Africa.
- 2001: Registered Persons Examination (RPE) for the Equities Market at the South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM), South Africa.
- 2000: B.Com Business Management at Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE) (Vaal Triangle Campus), South Africa.
Areas of Research Expertise
- Development Economics, particularly as applied to the regional and local context.
- Human Development & Quality of Life
- Economic & Non-economic Quality of Life
Biography
Born in 1979, Stephanié completed her B.Com (2000), Honours B.Com (2001) (Cum Laude), M.Com (2003) (Cum Laude) and PhD (2007) degrees in Economics. In 2004, she obtained the Global Insight prize for best M.Com dissertation. At North-West University (NWU) (Potchefstroom campus) she studied Economic Development under Prof. Wim Naudé, a local pioneer in the field. Stephanié’s PhD thesis (under the supervision of Professor Wim Naudé) describes the construction of an Economic- and Non-Economic Quality-of-Life Index for South Africa. In 2004, Stephanié took up the position of part-time Lecturer and Junior Research Fellow in the School of Economics, Risk Management and International Trade (SERI) at North-West University (NWU) (Potchefstroom Campus) in South Africa, where she taught introductory micro- and macroeconomics, personal finance management and development economics. During her first year as lecturer at NWU (Potchefstroom campus), she obtained the highest student evaluation in SERI. In July 2005 she was pro¬moted to full-time Lecturer and Research Fellow. After completion of her PhD, Stephanié was promoted to Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow.
Stephanié is a Development Economist at heart and believes that in order to create passionate economists (who must one day rectify all the World’s problems) one must focus on creating a love for Economics with the first year Business students. Therefore teaching at first year level will always remain a personal project and challenge to be achieved every year. Stephanié’s primary research activity is in the area of Economic and Human Development. Her major achievement/contribution was the construction of the abovementioned indices for South Africa on a sub-national level, which is currently being used by NWU for further development research. In addition, Stephanié has participated in numerous smaller projects, using her skills of economic analysis, data collection & interpretation, and report writing.
Expertise in Degree and Postgraduate Teaching
- Introduction to Economics and Micro- & Macroeconomics
- Applied Fiscal and Monetary Policy – Public Economics
- Personal Finance Management
- Development Economics
- Economic analysis
- Postgraduate project supervision in Economics.
Current Research
- Entrepreneurial Quality of Life
- Metropolitan Quality of Life
- Costing analysis of child sexual abuse in New Zealand
- International New Ventures in China
Recent Publications
- Naudé, W. A., Rossouw, S. & Krugell, W. F. (forthcoming). The non-monetary quality of city life in South Africa. Habitat International, 33 (2009), pp. 319-326.
- Naudé,W. A., McGillivray, M. & Rossouw, S. (2009). Measuring the Vulnerability ofsub-national regions in South Africa. Oxford Development Studies, 37(3) September 2009.Naudé,W. A. & Rossouw, S. Early International Entrepreneurship in China. UNU-WIDER Research Paper No. 2009/16.
- Naudé,W. A., McGillivray, M. & Rossouw, S.(2008, May). Measuring the Vulnerability of Subnational Regions. WIDER Research Paper, 2008/54.
- Rossouw, S. & Naudé, W. A. (2008). The Non-Economic Quality of Life on a Sub-national Level in South Africa. Social Indicators Research, 86(3), 433-452.
- Naudé, W. A., McGillivray, M. & Rossouw, S. (2007). Measuring the Vulnerability of Sub-National Regions: The Case of South Africa. WIDER Working Paper: 2007.
Contact
Email: stephanie.rossouw@aut.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 – ext: 5710
Fax: +64 9 921 9940