DR. CALVIN MUDZINGIRI

Areas of Expertise

• Econometrics Analysis
• Behavioral Economics
• Behavioral Finance
• Experimental Economics
• Poverty
• Financial Innovation
• Climate Change
• Economics In General.

Brief Bio

• Assistant Dean, Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Free State (2019 to present)
• Senior Lecturer, University of The Free State (2019 to present)
• Lecturer, University of The Free State (2012-2019)
• Member, Afro-Montane Research Unit (ARU), a research unit that focuses on mountain community studies based in South Africa
• Member, Economic Development and Well-being Research Group (EDWRG-UJ)
• External Examiner of PhDs, Masters, and Honours degrees
• Economist, The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (2008 to 2011)
• Economist, Ministry of Agriculture of Zimbabwe (2005- 2008)

Supervision

• Blessing Katuka: The causes and impact of non-performing loans on the banking industry and the economy in Zimbabwe during dollarisation – Ph.D. in Economics
• Tendai Chibanda: A comparison of incentivized revealed risk preferences and perceived financial risk given one’s financial literacy. Evidence from the laboratory- BCom Hons. in Economics (2019)
• Dr. Regret Sunge, Postdoctoral Fellow: Research Area: Exploring intersections between economic systems, poverty, and sustainable development in marginal mountain communities. (Qwaqwa, Free State, South Africa)
• Ms. Mpfumelelo Khosa: Topic-Exploring the relationship between financial risk confidence and financial literacy confidence. Laboratory evidence-BCom Honors 2022
• Ms Katleho Mbalo: Topic-The impact of happiness in the degree programs pursued by university students on academic performance. BCom Honors in Economics 2023
• PhD Students mentored for BRICS Forum
• Lovemore Dumba: Scientific Targeting for Social Cash Transfers: A source of inclusion or a panacea. The case of the HSCT in ZimbabwePhD in Development Studies

Publications (Weblink only), if any:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zU1TEiYAAAAJ
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Calvin-Mudzingiri
• https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AIB-9274-2022