Biography
Curriculum Vitae - Evans Osabuohien
Prof Evans Osabuohien is a Professor of Economics at Covenant University, Ota and Founding Chair of DIaDeRC (DePECOS Institutions and Development Research Centre), Nigeria. He has two decades of experience and has executed numerous funded projects as an individual and team lead. He is astute in research, resulting in the publication of five books and over 210 scholarly articles. He has participated in conferences/workshops/short courses across the world. He has consulted on many projects for international agencies such as the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United Nations Agencies (e.g., UNCTAD & UNU-WIDER), African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA), German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), among others. He was appointed as the Head of Department (HOD) in 2016, emerging as the Youngest HOD in the University. He received a double promotion to the rank of full professor of economics in December 2017, making him the youngest professor at the university. In May 2020, he was recognised as ‘One of the 6 Youngest Professors in Nigeria’. He was the Founding Chair of the Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR, 2018-2021) and the Founding Chair of the Regional Centre of Expertise, Ogun State (RCE Ogun, 2018-2021). He is a member of many International Learned Societies/Professional Associations.
He is a Visiting Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique (2020-Date) and the University of Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia (2023-Date). He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (June- December 2020) and an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Visiting Professor at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany (2018-2023). Also, he is an external examiner to many universities within and outside Africa. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of companies such as: Covenant Microfinance Bank Ltd (2018-Date); Canadian Centre for Raw Materials Display Inc (CaCeRMDI), Canada (2021-2024); Seasoned Researchers and Business Advisors Ltd (2021-Date); and OpenBinacle Group (Multinational Technology Company, Bonn, 2022-Date). He is the Founding Chair and Lead Economist at DePECOS Institutions and Development Research Centre (DIaDeRC, 2023-Date), where he coordinates the African Scholars Mentorship Network (ASMN) with over 1,000 members across many African countries and beyond. He is one of the Global Authors of Global Environmental Outlook 7th Edition (GEO-7), the flagship report of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). He is a Council member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES, founded 1957), where he serves as an Associate Editor and 2024 Conference Editor. He served as an Associate Editor for Elsevier (Heliyon-Economics, 2022-2024) and Managing Editor for Springer Nature Group (Sustainable Development,2023-Date). He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (since 2012) and the Swedish Institute (since 2009), among many others. He is married with children.
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