All we get from her UCT colleagues is a deafening silence
Economist Nicoli Nattrass’s investigation of black students and biological sciences sparks an academic stir
On May 27, a commentary by Nicoli Nattrass appeared in the South African Journal of Science (SAJS), reporting the results of a questionnaire-based investigation among students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), titled “Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences?” ’
Nattrass is probably the country’s leading academic economist. Four years ago she was recruited to co-direct a new multidisciplinary venture researching human-animal conflict, the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild), in the department of biological sciences at UCT, while retaining her post in economics. ..
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