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Covid-19: An alternative approach to postgraduate supervision in the digital age
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)
Universities globally are facing enormous governmental pressure to increase postgraduate output,
and in turn, contribute to the knowledge economy. This pressure is transferred to research
supervisors, who have to navigate ...
Contagion risk in equity markets during financial crises and Covid-19: A comparison of developed and emerging markets
(Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, 2022)
This study compared the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic on financial market contagion between developed and emerging markets. A DCC-GARCH model was employed to test the contagion effects ...
Academics in lockdown: A gendered perspective on self-esteem in academia during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
(MDPI, 2023)
This qualitative research explores the experiences and sense-making of self-worth of 1857
South African women academics during the enforced pandemic lockdown between March and
September 2020; the study was conducted ...
Factors affecting consumer acceptance and use of mobile delivery applications in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2023)
During the 2020 global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, mobile delivery
applications flourished, facilitating consumer access to groceries. Research has shown,
however, that usage remains low in developing countries such ...
The threat of Covid-19 on food security: A modelling perspective of scenarios in the informal settlements in Windhoek
(MDPI, 2023)
Due to the heterogeneity among households across locations, predicting the impacts of stay-at-home mitigation and lockdown strategies for COVID-19 control is crucial. In this study, we quantitatively assessed the effects ...
Strategic and Reflective Report: PLAAS 2021-2022
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies: PLAAS, 2022)
This biennial report offers an account of PLAAS during a time of challenge and transition. If 2020 was the Year of the Pandemic, then 2021-2022 ushered in the Years of the New (ab)Normal. In 2020, attention was almost ...