Leoné Walters
University of Cape Town
Leoné is a Senior Research Officer in the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP) at the University of Cape Town. Her work draws on historical data to address questions in political economy. In particular, she focuses on how institutional arrangements and practices shape gendered power relations and influence socio-economic outcomes for women. Her current research examines the political economy and economic history of the tobacco and alcohol industries in sub-Saharan Africa, exploring how interactions between political and economic actors shape these sectors. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pretoria. Prior to joining REEP, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past (LEAP) in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University.