Prof Jacques de Jongh is an Associate Professor in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University. He holds a PhD in Economics and currently serves as the programme leader for the Economics subject group at the Vanderbijlpark campus. His research interest is focused on multidimensional globalisation, regional integration, labour markets and economic development. Alongside his scholarly output, he occasionally contributes to broader public economic discourse in the media and acts across several reviewer, editorial, and scientific board roles across multiple Scopus- and DHET-accredited journals and conferences.