Staff profile
Overview
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Esteem Indicators
- 2021: Best Dissertation Prize, Economic Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers:
- 2021: Knowledge Network Representative, United Nations, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa:
- 2019: Best Social Protection Papers of the Year, Tech and Financial Inclusion, World Bank Blogs:
Publications
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Journal Article
- Torkelson, E. (in press). Collateral damages: Cash transfer and debt transfer in South Africa. World Development, 126, Article 104711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104711
- Torkelson, E. (2022). Deserving and Undeserving Welfare States: Cash Transfers and Hegemonic Struggles in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(1), 43 - 60. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2004772
- Torkelson, E. (2021). Sophia’s choice: Debt, social welfare, and racial finance capitalism. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 39(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775820973680
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
Other (Print)
- Torkelson, E., James, D., & Neves, D. (in press). Legal but reckless: Lending to social grant recipients
- Torkelson, E. (in press). Sophia's Choice: Farm worker has to decide which child to feed
- Torkelson, E. The World Bank's role in SA's social grants payment system
- Torkelson, E. (in press). Deductions from social grants: How it all works
Working Paper
- Marchant, M., May, A., Torkelson, E., & Mathe, Z. Digital Profiteers: Who Profits Next?
- James, D., Neves, D., & Torkelson, E. (in press). Social grants: Challenging reckless lending in South Africa
- Senona, E., Torkelson, E., & Zembe, W. (in press). Social protection in a time of Covid: Lessons for a basic income support