Tourism Management and Economics https://news.nwu.ac.za/ en Petrus van der Merwe https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/petrus-van-der-merwe <span>Petrus van der Merwe</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/57" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">PERTUNIA THULO</span></span> <span>Thu, 11/05/2015 - 11:52</span> <div class="field field--name-field-field-of-expertise field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1180" hreflang="en">Tourism Management and Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-person-s-title field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof</div> <div class="field field--name-field-job-title field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item">Lecturer</div> <div class="field field--name-field-name-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Peet</div> <div class="field field--name-field-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">van der Merwe</div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-from field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts from</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1275" hreflang="en">Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Peet van der Merwe was born in Kuruman, South Africa in 1973 and is currently living in Potchefstroom South Africa. He is a senior lecturer and researcher in tourism management at North-West University: Potchefstroom Campus, School for Business Management.  As researcher he also forms part of the NRF research unit TREES (Tourism Research in Economic, Environs and Society). Peet obtained his degree in 1994, honours degree in 1995 and master’s degree in 1999.  He completed his PhD (2004) in tourism management and in 2010 he was promoted to associate professor and in 2014 to full professor.</p> <p>His field of expertise lies in wildlife tourism, hunting tourism and ecotourism (sustainable tourism).  Research output are as follows: Peer reviewed articles (40), Popular articles (27), Projects (27), Research reports (34), Books (2), Chapters (2), Completed masters and PhD students completed (17), International conferences (34), National conferences (14) and International quest lectures (3). Peet married to Madelein and they have two sons, Armand and Richter.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-telephone-number field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Telephone Number</div> <div class="field--item">018 299 1812</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-e-mail-main field--type-email field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">E-mail</div> <div class="field--item">Peet.vandermerwe@nwu.ac.za</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img src="/sites/news.nwu.ac.za/files/files/experts/Prof%20P%20van%20der%20Merwe.jpg" width="2160" height="3160" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-photo-caption field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof Peet van der Merwe</div> Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:52:35 +0000 PERTUNIA THULO 21469 at https://news.nwu.ac.za Riaan Rossouw https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/riaan-rossouw <span>Riaan Rossouw</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/57" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">PERTUNIA THULO</span></span> <span>Mon, 08/18/2014 - 15:26</span> <div class="field field--name-field-field-of-expertise field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1095" hreflang="en">Economics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1174" hreflang="en">Tax</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1180" hreflang="en">Tourism Management and Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-person-s-title field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof</div> <div class="field field--name-field-job-title field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item">Professor</div> <div class="field field--name-field-name-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Riaan </div> <div class="field field--name-field-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Rossouw</div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-from field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts from</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1275" hreflang="en">Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p class="rtejustify">Riaan is a micro-economist with more than ten years consulting, research and teaching experience. He is currently associate professor in the School of Economics at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. He has wide-ranging knowledge in most economic sectors as well as economic development as a whole.<br /><br /> His research interests include social and economic dimensions of inequality and applied/computable general equilibrium modelling, particularly as applied to the African (and South African) context, with a special focus on regional disparities, labour markets, fiscal reform, tourism economics, energy policy, decision support systems, development planning and international trade. He has carried out consultancy work for various industries (both local and international), from governmental departments, financial institutions, private manufacturing concerns and international organisations, through to real economy institutions such as mining houses, freight transport companies and utility providers.<br /><br /> He has much field experience in Southern Africa, and has taught both students and development practitioners.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-in field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts in</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1342" hreflang="en">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-url-google-scholar field--type-link field--label-hidden field--item"><a href="https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=oqkBGUoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">Google Scholar</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1352" hreflang="en">Trade and Development (TRADE)</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit-fsd field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1507" hreflang="en">School of Economic Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit-f field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1991" hreflang="en">Economic and Management Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-physical-address field--type-text-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Physical Address</div> <div class="field--item"><p>PROF. R ROSSOUW<br /> Associate professor : TRADE RESEARCH NICHE AREA<br /> School of Economics<br /> Potchefstroom Campus<br /> North-West University</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-telephone-number field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Telephone Number</div> <div class="field--item">(018) 299 1347</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-fax field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Fax</div> <div class="field--item">(018) 299 1398</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-e-mail-main field--type-email field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">E-mail</div> <div class="field--item">riaan.rossouw@nwu.ac.za</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img src="/sites/news.nwu.ac.za/files/files/experts/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg_1_0.jpg" width="380" height="600" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-photo-caption field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof Riaan Rossouw, Micro-economist</div> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:26:39 +0000 PERTUNIA THULO 19989 at https://news.nwu.ac.za