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ProfWillem Boshoff

Professor

Economics

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1520-3997
  • Professor
    Economics
  • Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, Bosman Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, 7600, South Africa

OVERVIEW

Willem Boshoff is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Centre for Competition Law and Economics at Stellenbosch University. He is an internationally recognised expert in competition policy and has published on various aspects of competition, competition policy and macro-economic issues in leading journals. Currently, Prof Boshoff is a Fellow of Economic Research Southern Africa, responsible for advancing competition policy research and teaching in South Africa. In 2023/24, Professor Boshoff held the Vloeberghs Chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, based on his work on digital competition policy. He is active in policy, acting as expert in competition cases and in advising national and provincial governments on regulatory and competition policy matters. Prof Boshoff holds a PhD from Stellenbosch and an MSc from Oxford University. 

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY GROUPS MEMBERSHIP

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    Economic Research Southern Africa, South Africa1 Oct 2024

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Affiliate
    FTI Consulting, South Africa1 Dec 2021

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • MSc
    Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • MComm
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Afrikaans
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review