Member Profile
Roula Inglesi-Lotz
Country of origin: Greece Currently in: South Africa, Pretoria General field of specialization: Social and Economic Sciences-
Degrees
2011 Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Social and Economic Sciences
Her research continues to focus on energy and environmental issues seeking answers to pressing issues associated with traditional ways of consuming and generating energy as well as investigating new and alternative solutions for higher efficiency in the consumption of energy and renewable fuels for generating energy. Prof Inglesi-Lotz has published more than 40 papers in international and local peer-reviewed. With an NRF Y1 rating, Prof. Inglesi-Lotz is the author of over 45 peer-reviewed publications and 2 book chapters. Prof. Inglesi-Lotz currently supervises 4 PhD, 1 MCom and 4 Honours students. She has successfully supervised 12 MCom students, 10 of which graduated cum laude. She currently is responsible for the Research methodology course at Honours level. She has also developed the curriculum and currently teaches the first course on Energy and Environmental Economics in the Department of Economics, UP with main focus on the interlinkages between energy, the environment and the macroeconomy.
Publications resulting from Research:
https://sites.google.com/site/roulainglesilotzphd/Home/publication
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingAssociate Professor in the Department of Economics, Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, is the first president of the South African Association for Energy Economics (SAAEE), which was established in 2018 and is comprised of esteemed energy experts in the country. She is the 2020 co-chair of the South African Young Academy of Sciences (SAYAS) and the 2019/2020 co-leader of the Women in Science group of the Global Young Academy (GYA). She is currently the research coordinator of the Honours programme and teaches Research Methodology and Econometrics to Honours students, and Energy Economics to Masters students (a module that she designed and presented for the first time in the Department of Economics, University of Pretoria in 2015). Among her many notable accomplishments, Prof Inglesi-Lotz was named the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences category of the 2017 DST Women in Science Awards. She is an NRF Y-1 rated researcher. She was selected and participated in the 2019 cohort of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) in Future Africa, through which she promotes the need for a polyphony in science communication. She is also affiliated with Future Africa, University of Pretoria.
Affiliations
South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS)Association For The Advancement Of African Women Economists (AAAWE)The Econometric SocietyEconomic Society South Africa (ESSA)International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE)Global Young Academy -
Other Awards
Aug 2017• Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences category at the 2017 Women in Science Awards by the South African Department of Science and Technology.Jan 2017National Research Foundation (NRF) rated: Category Y1. Effective 1 January 2017Jan 2016Senior Researcher of the year 2016 in the field of Economics of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria.Jan 2015Runner-up, Senior Researcher of the year 2015 in the field of Economics of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria.Jan 2014Junior researcher of the year 2014 of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria.Jan 2013Exceptional Young Researcher Award 2013, University of Pretoria.Jan 2014Junior Researcher of the year 2014, Department of Economics, University of PretoriaJan 2013Junior Researcher of the year 2013, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria
