Primary Research Fields & Insights
Jeremy conducts research in the areas of integral economics, sustainable development, energy and resource economics, and inclusive green growth in developing countries.
For recent research, please see my Substack.
Some of my other earlier work is available on ResearchGate.
Key Sustainability Reports
Wakeford, J.J., Lagrange Mentz, S. and Kelly, C. (2015)
Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Wakeford, J.J, de Wit, M. (2013)
Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Wakeford, J.J., Lagrange Mentz, S. and Kelly, C. (2015)
Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Wakeford, J.J, de Wit, M. (2013)
Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
List of Publications
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) (2016) Greening the South African Economy: Scoping the Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2013) Preparing for Peak Oil in South Africa: An Integrated Case Study. New York: Springer.
Nattrass, N., Wakeford, J.J. and Muradzikwa, S. (2002) Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy in South Africa, 3rd revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
Okereke, C., Coke, A., Gebreeyesus, M., Ginbo, T., Wakeford, J.J. & Mulugetta, Y. (2018) “Governing green industrialization in Africa: Assessing key parameters for a sustainable socio-technical transition in the context of Ethiopia.” World Development, 115, 279-290.
Wakeford, J.J., Gebreeyesus, M., Ginbo, T., Yimer, K., Manzambi, O., Okereke, C., Black, M. and Mulugetta, Y. (2017) “Innovation for green industrialisation: An empirical assessment of innovation in Ethiopia’s cement, leather and textile sectors.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 166, 503-511.
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. & Wakeford, J.J. (2015) “Developmental States and Sustainability Transitions: Prospects of a Just Transition in South Africa.” Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 18(5).
Wakeford, J.J. & Swilling, M. (2014) "Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa." Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa, 53(4):68-91.
Wakeford, J.J. & Swilling, M. (2014) "Peak Oil as a Stimulus for a Green Economy Transition in South Africa: Alternative Liquid Fuel and Transport Options." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, 9(2): 133-153.
Vanderschuren, M., Lane, T. and Wakeford, J.J. (2010) “Can South Africa Surmount Reduced Crude Oil Availability?” Energy Policy, 38, 6092–6100.
Wakeford, J.J. (2004). “The productivity-wage relationship in South Africa: An empirical investigation,” Development Southern Africa, 21(1), March 2004, pp. 109-132.
Wakeford, J.J., Lagrange Mentz, S. and Kelly, C. (2018) “Managing the energy-food-water nexus in developing countries: Case studies in agrarian and industrial regimes”, in van der Steen, M., Burger, J. and Burger, W. (eds), The Governance of Transitions, the Transitions of Governance: Cases from Southern Africa, African Sun Media, Stellenbosch, pp. 179-208.
Wakeford, J.J. (2016) “The South African energy context,” in Glazewski, J. and Esterhuyse, S. (eds) Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (2016) “Deepening the green economy discourse,” in Swilling, M., Kaviti Musango, J. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy.
Wakeford, J.J., Hasson, R. and Black, A. (2016) "Greening the Manufacturing Sector", in Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy. UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2016) "Transport Beyond Oil", in Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. and Urama, K.C. (2015) “Energy: The Master Resource”, in Bastos de Morais, J-C. (ed.) The Convergence of Nations: Why Africa’s Time is Now. London: OMFIF Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2014). "Transcending South Africa's Oil Dependency", in Khadiagala, G.M., Naidoo, P., Pillay, D. and Southall, R. (eds), New South African Review 4: A Fragile Democracy – Twenty Years On. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. pp. 74-90.
Swilling, M., Peter, C. and Wakeford, J.J. (2011) “Transcending Resource and Energy-Intensive Growth: Lessons from South Africa.” In M. Swilling and E. Annecke (eds), Just Transitions: Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Climate Change: Our Most Pressing Social and Economic Issue?” In R. Zipplies (ed.), Bending the Curve: Your Guide to Tackling Climate Change in South Africa. Johannesburg: Africa Geographic.
Wakeford, J.J. (2013). "Peak oil and the transition to a sustainable economy in South Africa", Conference Proceedings of the 19th International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, 1-3 July 2013.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Implications of global oil depletion for transport planning in South Africa.” Proceedings of the 27th annual Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, 7-10 July 2008.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “The impact of oil price shocks on the South African macroeconomy: History and prospects.” Proceedings of the SARB Conference on Macroeconomic Policy Challenges for South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, 22-24 October 2006.
Peter, C., Swilling, M., du Plooy, P., de Wit, M., Wakeford, J., Lanz, J., Haysom, G., Kelly, C., Turton, A., Brent, A., Mason-Jones, K., Hansen, Y. & Cohen, B. (2010). “Greening the South African Growth Path: Challenges, Prospects and Trajectories.” Stellenbosch: Sustainability Institute.
Hendler, P., Lane, T., Ratcliffe, S., Vanderschuren, M. and Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Implications of Global Oil Depletion for the National Transport Master Plan.” Report commissioned by the SA Department of Transport.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Potential Impacts of a Global Cap and Share Scheme on South Africa.” Report Commissioned by the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), Dublin, Ireland.
Hendler, P., Holliday, J., Ratcliffe, S. and Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Energy Scenarios for 2019: Fragmentation or Renaissance.” Paper commissioned by the Presidency of South Africa and delivered at the Scenarios 2019 Research Conference, Midrand, 11-12 June 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Peak Oil and South Africa: Impacts and Mitigation.” Position Paper of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil South Africa (ASPO-SA). 8 March 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Energy Resource Dependence and Use in Southern Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.” Paper prepared for the Institute for Global Dialogue’s Research Project on Natural Resources Dependence and Use in Southern Africa: Economic and Governance Implications, January 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2006). “Risks to Global Trade and Implications for South Africa’s Economy and Policy,” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 06/111, July 2006.
Wakeford, J.J. (2004). “Productivity, Wages and Employment in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector, 1970-2002,” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 04/85, March 2004.
Erichsen, G. and Wakeford, J.J. (2001). “Racial Wage Discrimination in South Africa Before and After the First Democratic Election.” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 01/49, May 2001.
Fields, G., Leibbrandt, M. and Wakeford, J.J. (2000). “Key Labour Market Elasticities in South Africa.” Report Commissioned by the South African National Treasury.
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) (2016) Greening the South African Economy: Scoping the Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2013) Preparing for Peak Oil in South Africa: An Integrated Case Study. New York: Springer.
Nattrass, N., Wakeford, J.J. and Muradzikwa, S. (2002) Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy in South Africa, 3rd revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
Okereke, C., Coke, A., Gebreeyesus, M., Ginbo, T., Wakeford, J.J. & Mulugetta, Y. (2018) “Governing green industrialization in Africa: Assessing key parameters for a sustainable socio-technical transition in the context of Ethiopia.” World Development, 115, 279-290.
Wakeford, J.J., Gebreeyesus, M., Ginbo, T., Yimer, K., Manzambi, O., Okereke, C., Black, M. and Mulugetta, Y. (2017) “Innovation for green industrialisation: An empirical assessment of innovation in Ethiopia’s cement, leather and textile sectors.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 166, 503-511.
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. & Wakeford, J.J. (2015) “Developmental States and Sustainability Transitions: Prospects of a Just Transition in South Africa.” Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 18(5).
Wakeford, J.J. & Swilling, M. (2014) "Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa." Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa, 53(4):68-91.
Wakeford, J.J. & Swilling, M. (2014) "Peak Oil as a Stimulus for a Green Economy Transition in South Africa: Alternative Liquid Fuel and Transport Options." International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, 9(2): 133-153.
Vanderschuren, M., Lane, T. and Wakeford, J.J. (2010) “Can South Africa Surmount Reduced Crude Oil Availability?” Energy Policy, 38, 6092–6100.
Wakeford, J.J. (2004). “The productivity-wage relationship in South Africa: An empirical investigation,” Development Southern Africa, 21(1), March 2004, pp. 109-132.
Wakeford, J.J., Lagrange Mentz, S. and Kelly, C. (2018) “Managing the energy-food-water nexus in developing countries: Case studies in agrarian and industrial regimes”, in van der Steen, M., Burger, J. and Burger, W. (eds), The Governance of Transitions, the Transitions of Governance: Cases from Southern Africa, African Sun Media, Stellenbosch, pp. 179-208.
Wakeford, J.J. (2016) “The South African energy context,” in Glazewski, J. and Esterhuyse, S. (eds) Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (2016) “Deepening the green economy discourse,” in Swilling, M., Kaviti Musango, J. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy.
Wakeford, J.J., Hasson, R. and Black, A. (2016) "Greening the Manufacturing Sector", in Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy. UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2016) "Transport Beyond Oil", in Swilling, M., Musango, J.K. and Wakeford, J.J. (eds) Greening the South African Economy. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. and Urama, K.C. (2015) “Energy: The Master Resource”, in Bastos de Morais, J-C. (ed.) The Convergence of Nations: Why Africa’s Time is Now. London: OMFIF Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2014). "Transcending South Africa's Oil Dependency", in Khadiagala, G.M., Naidoo, P., Pillay, D. and Southall, R. (eds), New South African Review 4: A Fragile Democracy – Twenty Years On. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. pp. 74-90.
Swilling, M., Peter, C. and Wakeford, J.J. (2011) “Transcending Resource and Energy-Intensive Growth: Lessons from South Africa.” In M. Swilling and E. Annecke (eds), Just Transitions: Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Climate Change: Our Most Pressing Social and Economic Issue?” In R. Zipplies (ed.), Bending the Curve: Your Guide to Tackling Climate Change in South Africa. Johannesburg: Africa Geographic.
Wakeford, J.J. (2013). "Peak oil and the transition to a sustainable economy in South Africa", Conference Proceedings of the 19th International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, 1-3 July 2013.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Implications of global oil depletion for transport planning in South Africa.” Proceedings of the 27th annual Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, 7-10 July 2008.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “The impact of oil price shocks on the South African macroeconomy: History and prospects.” Proceedings of the SARB Conference on Macroeconomic Policy Challenges for South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, 22-24 October 2006.
Peter, C., Swilling, M., du Plooy, P., de Wit, M., Wakeford, J., Lanz, J., Haysom, G., Kelly, C., Turton, A., Brent, A., Mason-Jones, K., Hansen, Y. & Cohen, B. (2010). “Greening the South African Growth Path: Challenges, Prospects and Trajectories.” Stellenbosch: Sustainability Institute.
Hendler, P., Lane, T., Ratcliffe, S., Vanderschuren, M. and Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Implications of Global Oil Depletion for the National Transport Master Plan.” Report commissioned by the SA Department of Transport.
Wakeford, J.J. (2008). “Potential Impacts of a Global Cap and Share Scheme on South Africa.” Report Commissioned by the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), Dublin, Ireland.
Hendler, P., Holliday, J., Ratcliffe, S. and Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Energy Scenarios for 2019: Fragmentation or Renaissance.” Paper commissioned by the Presidency of South Africa and delivered at the Scenarios 2019 Research Conference, Midrand, 11-12 June 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Peak Oil and South Africa: Impacts and Mitigation.” Position Paper of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil South Africa (ASPO-SA). 8 March 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2007). “Energy Resource Dependence and Use in Southern Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.” Paper prepared for the Institute for Global Dialogue’s Research Project on Natural Resources Dependence and Use in Southern Africa: Economic and Governance Implications, January 2007.
Wakeford, J.J. (2006). “Risks to Global Trade and Implications for South Africa’s Economy and Policy,” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 06/111, July 2006.
Wakeford, J.J. (2004). “Productivity, Wages and Employment in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector, 1970-2002,” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 04/85, March 2004.
Erichsen, G. and Wakeford, J.J. (2001). “Racial Wage Discrimination in South Africa Before and After the First Democratic Election.” Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Working Paper No. 01/49, May 2001.
Fields, G., Leibbrandt, M. and Wakeford, J.J. (2000). “Key Labour Market Elasticities in South Africa.” Report Commissioned by the South African National Treasury.